Silk embroidered textile on silk ground DESCRIPTION from the center OUTWARDS: This square format embroidered textile measures 5’ 3’’ inches x 5’ 3’’ inches A small disk format in the center contains 14 (fourteen) animal depictions that float around a smaller disk surrounding a flower motif of 8 (eight) larger petals and eight smaller petals in the center. The before mentioned animal figures may depict a "zodiac" or perhaps they may depict different "years" (?) (i.e. Year of the Dragon, etc). Surrounding this circular form is another larger circular shape, that contains within, an elongated rendition of boteh shapes contain bird motifs, and dragon heads that become the tendrils that surround ojai cartouches. Inside this are 32 (thirty-two) singular figures (some of these figures are surrounded by smaller ojai forms and 8 (eight) "men-on-horseback" figures. There are also 8 (eight) larger vignettes that show depictions of two, three, four and five figures scenes, surrounded by larger ojai forms. Some of these cartouches show: a man smoking hookah attended by a female, another shows a man with hookah entertained by two figures game fighting, another man with hookah is attended by two servants and listens to two men playing musical instruments, one cartouche shows three floating angels, another shows two figures sitting in distinctive chairs - seated opposite each other, drinking (lovers?). There are four corner brackets, that each shows one large ojai form surrounding an elephant with three riders (a male & female couple along with the elephant driver). These are flanked by angels that are encircled by the dragon's tendrils, along with birds, rabbits/hares that float throughout the corner bracket. There is an outer border that shows repetitive oblong circular shapes each containing an embroidered bird, or cat, or peacock, a monkey or a goat 72 (seventy-two) images in all (circular motif around an animal). There are also smaller animals scattered in all areas of the ground: cats, goats/rams, birds, rabbits/hares, dogs (?) etc.