Middle Eastern food packaging and newspapers, with glue on panel, 90 1⁄2 x 76 3⁄8 x 3 3⁄4 in. A rarely-travelling masterpiece of Islamic art, this monumental carpet–over 13x16 feet–made in 17th-century Kirman, Iran, is one of the oldest surviving Persian garden carpets. The Wagner Garden Carpet. “Generally speaking, there is a misconception that Islamic art is purely religious or only for Muslims,” Çakır Phillip said. The al-Sabah Collection is one of the greatest privately held collections of Islamic art in the world.

Source: Forbes October 06, 2020 13:20 UTC