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| Keywords: Phoenix and dragon carpet Anatolia first half or middle 15th century.jpg en Date and Origin newly attributed to early 15th c Turkey<ref>According to information on the wall of the Museum fur Islamische Kunst of Berlin</ref> Collection Berlin Museum fur Islamische Kunst I 4; Size 172 cm x 90 cm; Literature King and Sullivan 1983 p 49 ;Notes Often called 'dragon carpets' or even ';Chinese-inspired phoenix-and-dragon' carpets these rugs more likely had Christian symbolic and relic significance both in Armenia and in the West see the dragon motifs on the facade of San Miniato al Monte in Florence a church dedicated to an Armenian prince This carpet was bought by Wilhelm von Bode the fabled director of the Berlin museums in 1886 where it was said to come from a church in central Italy Possibly this church was in Siena Very likely the carpet was considered to be a secondary relic woven by Armenian Christians and brought by eastern refugees to Italy who were fleeing the Ottoman incursions in the East It is similar to the carpet in Domenico di Bartolo's painting of the Marriage of the Foundlings of 1444 in the Scala Hospital Siena http //www flickr com/photos/26911776 N06/2516441061/ 15th century anonymous manufacturer century 15 Armenian rugs and carpets Phoenix Dragons in tapestry Armenia in the 15th century 15th-century carpets Rugs and carpets of Turkey PD-Art-100 | ||||
