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Collecting Antiques of India and Persia 
(Continued from page 19) 
stage where everything Asiatic is classed The Persian art which flourished in an¬ 
as either ‘‘Turkish” or as “Chinese.” cient times influenced Greek, Roman 
The field here for collectors is a broad and Byzantine art, and was the father 
one and naturally embraces a myriad of of Saracenic art and architecture, which 
objects. Private collections and public has travelled far since its birth.” 
collections of the arts of Persia and of Persia has never been famed for its 
India, including those of Ceylon, are textiles. Not only the embroideries and 
growing apace. Good things and fine printed cottons, but the marvelous rugs 
things are appearing in public sales and which stand supreme in beauty. The 
are still to be picked up in antique shops old rugs of Persia were ancestors of the 
by the discriminating one who has taken carpet of other lands. In this con- 
the trouble to study the subject. For- nection it is worth noting that the Per- 
tunately, the collector now has at hand sians never made themselves ridiculous 
such excellent books for reference as the by the application of inappropriate de¬ 
various works by Ananda Coomara- sign. You will not find an old Persian 
swamy, Vincent Smith, Martin, Bird- rug patterned with formal bouquets tied 
wood, Havell, Hendley and o.hers. with blue ribbons, suggesting a gift be- 
Of Persian objets d’art an anonymous ing trodden underfoot. A Persian floral 
writer has said, “The arts and crafts of patterned carpet will suggest flowers 
Persia have suffered terribly from the and verdure in their wild state as the 
state of misrule. Always artistic by stroller might chance to find them, 
nature, many beautiful arts were theirs, Although the impress of the art of 
the secret of which has been forgotten the Chinese ceramicist and of the shawl- 
through the years of civil war and trou- weavers of Cashmere exerted some in- 
ble. Among them the exquisite lustre- fluence upon the Persians, still the art 
ware, charming in design and coloring, of Persia from earliest times has re- 
is now difficult to obtain. The enamel tained a national distinction. Nearly 
work for which they were once famous all art objects from the earlier periods 
is a lost art; formerly tiles of this work, now to be met with date from the 
j exquisite in color and beautiful in pat- reign of the Shah Abbas the Great 
tern, were freely produced, and many (1586-1628) when the native art manu- 
wonderful specimens have been saved facturers reached their greatest degree 
from ancient ruins, and many are still of excellence. Thence onward came the 
the glory of mosques and shrines; the decline. 
predominating color was a very beauti- We have only to consider the fact 
ful turquoise blue in various shades, and that artistic ornamentation was ap- 
a red-golden lustre which gave the work plied to innumerable objects in daily 
a peculiar iridescence. Jugs and basins service to realize how widely diffused was 
in this enamel work have been saved, the taste for art among the Persians, 
exceedingly beautiful in form and pat- They have truly been always an art-lov- 
tern. Silver work and brass work was ing people. Someone has aptly remarked 
an ancient industry; very little is done that every home in India is a nursery 
now. Carved wood, inlaid with ivory of art, and I think this must once have 
and mother-of-pearl, is still made to been true of the homes in Persia. Apro- 
some small extent, also seal-cutting. ( Continued on page 52) 
