Roundel with Central Asian-style 'Candelabra Tree', 7th?9th century, Attributed to Egypt or Syria, Silk; samite, Textile: H. 6 1/8 in. (15. 5 cm), Textiles-Woven, This beige and green silk textile fragment displays a roundel with a border of scrolling vines and leaves, at the center of which a stylized tree of life appears, bearing flowers, leaves, and fruit. The composite tree, as well as the fragmentary abstract floral designs around it, can be understood as an Islamic interpretation of the composite tree motifs popular in pre-Islamic Sasanian art