The museum believes these are lions, but they also look like barking dogs within dogs (they’re
The museum believes these are lions, but they also look like barking dogs within dogs (they’re wearing collars). On a wool carpet made in Anatolia, Turkey, in the 14th century. A group of these early animal rugs started appearing on the antiques market in the 1990s from Tibet, where they are believed to have been traded from Anatolia in early times. Anatolian animal rugs were also popular in Europe during the 14th-15th centuries and appear in European paintings.Source: Met Museum -- source link
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