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: series in original language: creation date: before 1962 creation date earliest: 950 creation date latest: 1962 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- 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: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 171 x 65 cm (67 5/16 x 25 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: 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]. translation: remark: inscription: At top of textile: "baqayta amir al-mu'minin fa-innama baqa['u]ka hasan lil-zaman wa-tay-yib" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review (1963) opening date: 1963-11-26T05:00:00 Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 26, 1963-January 5, 1964). title: Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions opening date: 1966-09-10T04:00:00 Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 10-October 16, 1966). 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Mme. Paul [Margurerite] Mallon [d. 1977], Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1962 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1962- footnotes: citations: --- 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 diwan, collected poetry, of al-Buhturi. --- 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: --- CITATIONS 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 Lemberg, Mechthild. “The Buyid Silks of the Abegg Foundation, Berne.” Bulletin du CIETA. Centre international d'étude des textiles anciens. No. 37 1973 – I. p. 11-54 page number: p. 49, no. 678 url: 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 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.264/1962.264_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.264/1962.264_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.264/1962.264_full.tif