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Four canvases with rows of swans and cattle
(أربع قطع قماش ذات صفوف من البجع والماشية)

Title	Four canvases with rows of swans and cattle
Title Original	أربع قطع قماش ذات صفوف من البجع والماشية
Publication Date:	Late thirteenth century - beginning of the fourteenth century
Publication Place	- Austrian Museum of Applied Arts MAK
Subject	Silk, gold leaf, cut-out lampas
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	T 820
Record ID	object;EPM;at;Mus21;30;ar
Library Location	Austrian Museum of Applied Arts MAK
Date	Late thirteenth century - beginning of the fourteenth century
Notes	The mutual relations between China and Europe were reflected in late medieval artistic details such as fabrics. During the greatest expansion, the Mongol Empire extended from Cairo to Baghdad, meaning a mixture of Eastern and Western pictorial traditions remained dominant in Mongolian cloth workshops, which made locating the pieces of cloth difficult. In these dark blue pieces we see influences from Chinese art in flowers and animals.
Sample Text	“Four Canvases with Rows of Swans and Cattle” from Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus21;30;ar

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Four canvases with rows of swans and cattle

(أربع قطع قماش ذات صفوف من البجع والماشية)

Publication Date Late thirteenth century - beginning of the fourteenth century

Publication Place - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts MAK

Subject Silk, gold leaf, cut-out lampas

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID T 820

Record ID object;EPM;at;Mus21;30;ar

Library Location Austrian Museum of Applied Arts MAK

Date Late thirteenth century - beginning of the fourteenth century

Notes The mutual relations between China and Europe were reflected in late medieval artistic details such as fabrics. During the greatest expansion, the Mongol Empire extended from Cairo to Baghdad, meaning a mixture of Eastern and Western pictorial traditions remained dominant in Mongolian cloth workshops, which made locating the pieces of cloth difficult. In these dark blue pieces we see influences from Chinese art in flowers and animals.

Sample Text “Four Canvases with Rows of Swans and Cattle” from Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus21;30;ar