id:			143792
accession number:	1968.225
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.225
updated:		2023-03-10 19:43:09.437000

Fragments, 1420–1955. Iran or Iraq. Silk: compound twill weave; average: 71 x 77 cm (27 15/16 x 30 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1968.225

title:				Fragments
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creation date:			1420–1955
creation date earliest:		1420
creation date latest:		1955
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Iran or Iraq
technique:	Silk: compound twill weave
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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CREATORS

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measurements: Average: 71 x 77 cm (27 15/16 x 30 5/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	li-yasta 'malhu al-amir al-ajall Qawam al-Mulk Abu 'Abd Allah 'Isa bin Ibrahim al-Harithi atala Allah fi al-m'ali baqa['a]hu wa-harasa fi iqtifa[']al-makarim fana['a]hu
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	inscription:	sana'ahu 'Ali bin Yusuf bin al-Marzuban al-...
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1968
	opening date:   1969-01-29T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1968</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Nassiri Amini, Tehran, Iran, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1968
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1968-
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fun fact:
The design is at right angles to the warp.

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wall description:
The weave provides different design for each side of this fragment. On the front, the overall lozenge pattern has alternating rows of ornamented ovals and diamonds. The large diamonds have a large four-leaved motif superimposed over a diamond with trees in each corner. The foliate ground with four pairs of opposed griffins fills the interspaces to the oval border. The diamonds have two opposed pairs of birds each flanking a Tree of Life and standing on a plant motif; these enclose a smaller central diamond with trees in each corner and a central square. <br><br>On the reverse, the plain ground of natural tan has two brown bands with large and small Kufic inscriptions.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Blair, Sheila S., Jonathan M. Bloom, and Anne E. Wardwell. "Reevaluating the Date of the "Buyid" Silks by Epigraphic and Radiocarbon Analysis." <em>Ars Orientalis</em> 22 (1992): 1-41.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 12; Mentioned: p. 11
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/4629423

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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1968.225/1968.225_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1968.225/1968.225_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1968.225/1968.225_full.tif