id: 127871
accession number: 1950.509
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Hanging fragment with boar head, 600s–early 700s. Iran. Wool and linen: tapestry weave; overall: 21 x 25.2 cm (8 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1950.509
title: Hanging fragment with boar head
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creation date: 600s–early 700s
creation date earliest: 600
creation date latest: 725
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Iran
technique: Wool and linen: tapestry weave
department: Textiles
collection: T - Islamic
type: Textile
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 21 x 25.2 cm (8 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Twain Shall Meet
opening date: 1985-10-30T05:00:00
The Twain Shall Meet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': '2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (December 7, 1951-January 27, 1952); Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (February 27-March 25, 1952).', 'opening_date': '1952-02-27T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Woven Treasures of Persian Art. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (April 1-May 23, 1959).', 'opening_date': '1959-04-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': "Sept mille ans d'art en Iran. Petit Palais, Paris, France (October 1961-January 1962).", 'opening_date': '1961-10-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Sasanian Silver: Late Antique and Early Medieval Arts of Luxury from Iran. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (August-September 1967).', 'opening_date': '1967-08-01T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(Dr. Emil Delmar [1876–1959], Budapest, Hungary, and New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1950
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1950–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Erdmann, Kurt. "Eberdarstellung und Ebersymbolik in Iran". Bonner Jahrbücher Des Rheinischen Landesmuseums in Bonn. 1942
page number: Mentioned: pp. 345-382; Reproduced: pl. 77, fig. 3
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Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme and Charles Crehore Cunningham. 2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving: A Loan Exhibition : Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Dec. 7, 1951 to Jan. 27, 1952 ; the Baltimore Museum of Art, Feb. 27, 1952 to Mar. 25, 1952. Hartford, Conn: Wardsworth Atheneum], 1951.
page number: p. 27, no. 42
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 674
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n124
Woven Treasures of Persian Art; Persian Textiles from the 6th to the 19th Century. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum, 1959.
page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 4, p. 21; Reproduced: cat. no. 4, p. 25
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Ghirshman, Roman. Sept mille ans d'art en Iran: Petit Palais, Octobre 1961-Janvier 1962. Paris: Association francaise d’action artistique, 1961.
page number: no. 857, pl. XCVI, p. 148
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 15
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n39
Grabar, Oleg. Sasanian Silver; Late Antique and Early Mediaeval Arts of Luxury from Iran. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, 1967.
page number: p. 143, no. 64
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 16
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n38
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 8
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n28
Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359.
page number: Reproduced: p. 339, fig. 25
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159914
Lucidi, Maria Teresa. La seta e la sua via. Roma: Edizioni De Luca, 1994.
page number: fig. 18, p.11
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Watt, James C. Y., Anne E. Wardwell, and Morris Rossabi. When silk was gold: Central Asian and Chinese textiles. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art in cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1997.
page number: p. 66, fig. 20
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Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
page number: Reproduced: P. 50, fig. 2.9; Mentioned: P. 50
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IMAGES
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