id: 132296
accession number: 1954.780
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Tomb Cover, 1640–1950 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability). Iraq or Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055). Compound tabby; silk; overall: 210.2 x 102.5 cm (82 3/4 x 40 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1954.780
title: Tomb Cover
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series:
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creation date: 1640–1950 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
creation date earliest: 1640
creation date latest: 1950
current location:
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:
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culture: Iraq or Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055)
technique: compound tabby; silk
department: Textiles
collection: T - Islamic
type: Textile
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 210.2 x 102.5 cm (82 3/4 x 40 3/8 in.)
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inscriptions:
inscription: Maghfirah min al-Rahman al-Rahim lil-'abd al-'asi 'Ali bin Muhammad bin Shahrazad bin Rastawayh al-Isbahani
translation:
remark:
inscription: Allahumma bayyid wajhi yawm taswaddu fihi al-wujuh wa-la'alla-ni [or la'alli] tujilluni yawm al-'ar
translation:
remark:
inscription: Allahumma thabbit qalbi 'alá dinaka bi-haqq Muhammad wa-alihi
translation:
remark:
inscription: Allahumma inni awda'tuka bi-qalbi hadha al-iqrar bika wa-bi-al-nabi Muhammad sallá Allah 'alayhi wa-alihi wa-al-a'immah 'alayhim al-salam wa-anta khayr mustawda' tarid 'alá waqt su'al Munkir wa-Nakir bi-rahmatika ya arham al-rahimin
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remark:
inscription: Allahumma a'tini kitabi bi-yamini wa-hasibni hisaban yasiran
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remark:
inscription: Allahumma la tu'tini kitabi bi-shimali wa-la taj'alha maghlulah ilá 'unuqi
translation:
remark:
inscription: Allahumma thabbit qadami 'alá al-sirat
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inscription: yawm tazill fihi al-aqdam
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Exhibition of Persian Art: 7000 Years of Art in Iran
opening date: 1961-10-19T04:00:00
The Exhibition of Persian Art: 7000 Years of Art in Iran. Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (organizer) (October 19, 1961-January 31, 1962).
title: Arts of Islam
opening date: 1976-04-08T05:00:00
Arts of Islam. Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (April 8-July 4, 1976).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': "Sept mille ans d'art en Iran. Petit Palais, Paris, France (October 1-December 31, 1961).", 'opening_date': '1961-10-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The Arts of Islam. The Arts Council of Great Britain, Hayward Gallery, London, UK (April 8-July 4, 1976).', 'opening_date': '1976-04-08T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The Heritage of Islam. Houston, TX; Pittsburgh, PA; San Francisco, CA; Washington, DC (March 10, 1982-September 5, 1983).', 'opening_date': '1982-03-10T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Originally reported as having been found in Bibi Shahr Banu, near Rayy, Iran
date:
footnotes:
citations:
(Adolph Loewi [1888-1977], Los Angeles, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1954
footnotes:
citations:
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1954-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
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. 676
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n124
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. 215
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n239
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. 215
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n239
Jones, Dalu and George Michell. The Arts of Islam: Hayward Gallery, 8 April-4 July 1976. London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1976.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 7, p. 76
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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. 272
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n292
Thomson, Nancy. The Heritage of Islam: Notes. London: PCET, 1982.
page number: Mentioned: no. 32, p. 50
url:
Blair, Sheila S., Jonathan M. Bloom, and Anne E. Wardwell. "Reevaluating the Date of the "Buyid" Silks by Epigraphic and Radiocarbon Analysis." Ars Orientalis 22 (1992): 1-41.
page number: Reproduced: p. 35; Mentioned: p. 15
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4629423
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. 154, fig. 4c; Mentioned: P. 154-155
url:
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IMAGES
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