Prayer mat

Prayer mat, silk, embroidered with a floral design and a cartouche shaped like a prayer stone and containing an Arabic inscription, flanked by two hands, all underneath an arch, surrounded by a border of alternating peonies and rosettes: West Asia, Iran, 1720 - 1725

Prayer rug

Carpet, silk, woven in different colours with a blossoming tree, two flower vases and cartouches with an inscription: West Asia, Iran, Kashan, by Hajji Mullah Muhammad Hasan Mohtasham, 1850 - 1860