artofthedarkages:“Floor Mosaic from Hisham’s Palace”A floor mosaic in the baths of
artofthedarkages:“Floor Mosaic from Hisham’s Palace”A floor mosaic in the baths of an Umayyad palace depicting the symbolic Tree of Life surrounded by three grazing antelopes, one of which is viciously attacked by a lion.Pieced together out of colored tesserae.Made in the 700s by the caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik near Jericho in the West Bank. Currently located in situ. -- source link
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