id:			143798
accession number:	1968.228
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.228
updated:		2025-02-09 03:21:31.355000

Fragments with peacocks and inscriptions, before 1968. Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055). Lampas weave, silk; average: 61.6 x 74.3 cm (24 1/4 x 29 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1968.228

title:				Fragments with peacocks and inscriptions
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creation date:			before 1968
creation date earliest:		950
creation date latest:		1968
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055)
technique:	lampas weave, silk
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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CREATORS

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measurements: Average: 61.6 x 74.3 cm (24 1/4 x 29 1/4 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	on right: "Glory to our Master the [Sultan], Glory to our Master the Sultan and Caliph of the Merciful One, Baqir bin Shahrazad al-Hamadhani, may [God] prolong [his] shadow.  Glory to our Master the Sultan and Ca[liph of . . .]"; inscription on left: ". . . al-Hamadhani, may [G]od prolong [his] shadow.  Glory to our Master the Sultan and Caliph of the Mer[ciful One . . .]."
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review for 1968
	opening date:   1969-01-29T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review for 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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	“Annual Report for 1968.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 56, no. 6, 1969, pp. 209–248.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 225
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152279

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IMAGES

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