id:			137341
accession number:	1962.264
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.264
updated:		2025-02-09 02:33:18.652000

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
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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
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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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inscriptions:

	inscription:	On the wing of each small bird is an inscription: "al-rahmah" [mercy].
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	inscription:	On the upper part of the arms of the small standing figure: "al-barakah" [blessing].
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	inscription:	At top of textile: "baqayta amir al-mu'minin fa-innama baqa['u]ka hasan lil-zaman wa-tay-yib"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1963)
	opening date:   1963-11-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1963)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 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, Cleveland, OH (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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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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