id:			127924
accession number:	1950.558
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.558
updated:		2023-03-08 14:59:16.900000

Fragment with gold leaf lions, 1000s - 1100s. Iran or Iraq, Seljuk period. Plain weave: silk warp and cotton weft (mulham); block printed and gold leaf; overall: 32.1 x 40 cm (12 5/8 x 15 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1950.558

title:				Fragment with gold leaf lions
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creation date:			1000s - 1100s
creation date earliest:		1000
creation date latest:		1199
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Iran or Iraq, Seljuk period
technique:	plain weave: silk warp and cotton weft (mulham); block printed and gold leaf
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 32.1 x 40 cm (12 5/8 x 15 3/4 in.)
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	inscription:	This textile belongs to a small group of printed and/or painted textiles made in Iran and Iraq during the 11th - 12th centuries.  The design was printed on "mulham" (cloth having silk warps and cotton wefts) using several wooden blocks that were applied in at least seven steps.  The lions, a popular motif in Seljuk art, are very similar to the lion incense burner exhibited in the case next to the carpet.  Their long toes, typical of lions in works of art made in the eastern parts of Iran, suggest that this printed textile may have been made in the province of Khurasan.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Dr. Emil Delmar, Budapest and New York).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 693
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n127

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 214
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n238

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 214
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n238

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 271
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n291

	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. 161, fig. 4.34; Mentioned: P. 158
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IMAGES

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