Name | Dynasty | Details | Justification |
Textile fragment with cockerel medallions | Hegira 4th–5th century / AD 11th–12th centuryAbbasid | National Museums of Scotland (NMS) Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom | Silk fragment from a shirt or blouse. The octagons contain the representation of a bird, possibly a peacock or cockerel. |
Marby Rug | Hegira 700–823 / AD 1300–1420Ottoman | Museum of National Antiquities Stockholm, Sweden | The motif used inside the medallions on this rug, stylised birds arranged symmetrically around a tree, is of Mesopotamian origin. |
Carpet with dragon and phoenix | Hegira mid-9th / mid-15th centuryOttoman | Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum Berlin, Germany | The two octagons contain depictions of a fight between two stylised animals: the dragon and the phoenix. |