id:			137341
accession number:	1962.264
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.264
updated:		2023-01-11 01:10:54.078000

Fragment with Inscription, before 1962. Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055). Silk: lampas weave; overall: 171 x 65 cm (67 5/16 x 25 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1962.264

title:				Fragment with Inscription
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			before 1962
creation date earliest:		950
creation date latest:		1962
current location:		
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055)
technique:	Silk: lampas weave
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 171 x 65 cm (67 5/16 x 25 9/16 in.)
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support materials:


inscriptions:

	inscription:	On the wing of each small bird is an inscription: "al-rahmah" [mercy].
	translation:	
	remark:		

	inscription:	On the upper part of the arms of the small standing figure: "al-barakah" [blessing].
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	remark:		

	inscription:	At top of textile: "baqayta amir al-mu'minin fa-innama baqa['u]ka hasan lil-zaman wa-tay-yib"
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1963)
	opening date:   1963-11-26T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1963)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 26, 1963-January 5, 1964).

	title:		Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions
	opening date:   1966-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 10-October 16, 1966).

	title:		Arts of Islam
	opening date:   1976-04-08T05:00:00
	<i>Arts of Islam</i>. Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (April 8-July 4, 1976).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Mme. Paul [Margurerite] Mallon [d. 1977], Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1962
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1962-
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fun fact:
The top inscription is a line by poet Al-Walīd ibn Ubaidillah Al-Buḥturī (821-897).

digital description:


wall description:
A design in dark brown on a background of dark tan preserves five nearly complete double-headed "eagles" and almost half of a sixth, arranged in aligned rows. Each eagle grasps griffins in its talons. Small birds decorate the shoulders of its wings, and on the wing of each small bird is inscribed with the word “mercy.” Superimposed on the eagle, as if being carried, is a small standing human figure which bears on the upper part of its arms the word “blessing.” At the top of the textile, a Kufic inscription repeats a line from the <em>diwan</em>, collected poetry, of al-Buhturi.
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RELATED WORKS

	id: 		141201
	Schematic Drawing of Buyid Silk (1962.264), 1900s. Félix Guichert (French). Ink on paper; overall: 58 x 125 cm (22 13/16 x 49 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Paul Mallon 1964.441
	relationship: 	

	id: 		141202
	Schematic Drawings of Buyid Silk (1962.264), 1900s. Félix Guichert (French). Ink on paper; overall: 63.7 x 48.3 cm (25 1/16 x 19 in.); second section: 17.3 x 44.5 cm (6 13/16 x 17 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Paul Mallon 1964.442
	relationship: 	

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CITATIONS

	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. 215
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n239

	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. 215
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n239

	Lemberg, Mechthild. “The Buyid Silks of the Abegg Foundation, Berne.” <em>Bulletin du CIETA. Centre international d'étude des textiles anciens</em>. No. 37 1973 – I. p. 11-54
	page number: 	p. 49, no. 678
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	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. 272
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n292

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IMAGES

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