Textile with Boar's Head Roundels

Textile with Boar's Head Roundels

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Boar heads set in pearl roundels were an important protective motif popular in Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. Paintings that show textiles with boar roundels and peacocks are found in the Buddhist caves of Bamiyan in Afghanistan, attesting to the importance of this subject in Buddhist contexts.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.