Mangala dress, detail, Afghanistan. Pashtun.
Cotton, silk embroidery with buttons and beads, early 20th century
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Imaginary Fern from the 'Read Persian Album'. The border features 12 verses of poetry by Urfi of Shiraz with busts of youths, female-faced suns, and animals.
Herat, Afghanistan, ca. 1580-1600 CE
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Plate depicting Cybele pulled by lions, a votive sacrifice and the Sun God. Ai-Khanoum, Central Asia / Northern Afghanistan, 2nd century BCE.
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(or... a beautiful horse?)
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