id:			95721
accession number:	1916.1423
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1423
updated:		2023-08-29 11:33:42.306000

Lampas with roundels of the image of Christ in benedictory pose, 1550–1650. Turkey, Bursa, Ottoman period. Lampas: silk and gilt-metal thread; overall: 36.5 x 33.7 cm (14 3/8 x 13 1/4 in.); mounted: 41.3 x 38.7 cm (16 1/4 x 15 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1423

title:				Lampas with roundels of the image of Christ in benedictory pose
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creation date:			1550–1650
creation date earliest:		1550
creation date latest:		1650
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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culture:	Turkey, Bursa, Ottoman period
technique:	lampas: silk and gilt-metal thread
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 36.5 x 33.7 cm (14 3/8 x 13 1/4 in.); Mounted: 41.3 x 38.7 cm (16 1/4 x 15 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	crosses with the inscription around: "IC" (Iesus", "XP" (Christos), "N K" (Kyrios); lower left corner in silver thread, the Greek inscription: "OPOC CINA" (Opus Sina).
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		2000 Years of Silk Weaving
	opening date:   1944-01-09T05:00:00
	<i>2000 Years of Silk Weaving</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944).

	title:		An Approach to Musem Objects
	opening date:   1958-03-04T05:00:00
	<i>An Approach to Musem Objects</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 3-June 30, 1958).

	title:		Luxuriance: Silks from Islamic Lands, 1250-1900
	opening date:   2013-05-14T04:00:00
	<i>Luxuriance: Silks from Islamic Lands, 1250-1900</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 14, 2013-June 23, 2014).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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Ottoman manufacturers also wove luxury silks with Christian images for the largest markets outside of the reigning sultans, whose need for luxury fabrics was voracious, targeting the Balkans, Eastern Europe, and the state of Muscovy (Moscow), which lacked silk industries. Worn as majestic church vestments, they were prized signifiers of the power and wealth of the Eastern Orthodox church. Christian imagery is often displayed in small medallion patterns, as seen here, woven in the standard Ottoman lampas technique. In this highest grade lampas with extensive gilt-metal thread, small medallions enclose half-length images of Christ in a benedictory pose alternating with crosses. The abbreviated inscription in the roundel, IC XC, translates as "Jesus Christ," and IC XC N K reads "Jesus Christ Victorious."
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 321, fig. 8.37; Mentioned: P. 322
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