Anhalt Medallion Carpet

سجادة أنهالت المدالية

The Anhalt Medallion Carpet; Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 46.128.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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A Persian carpet with a central medallion and animal designs, Iran; probably the first half of the sixteenth century, Timurid or early Safavid. Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1

People and things also explored

Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Kubachi ware· Mahmal

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  1. Metropolitan Museum Open Access
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islam.museum contributors. “Anhalt Medallion Carpet”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/sajjada-anhalt/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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The interlaced vegetal ornament that became the signature of Islamic art, flowing across stucco, stone, wood and manuscripts.