id:			143801
accession number:	1968.228.c
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.228.c
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:20.695000

Fragment with peacocks and inscriptions, before 1968. Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055). Silk: lampas weave; overall: 24.4 x 62 cm (9 5/8 x 24 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1968.228.c

title:				Fragment 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:	Silk: lampas weave
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 24.4 x 62 cm (9 5/8 x 24 7/16 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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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

	Shepherd, Dorothy G. 1974. "Medieval Persian Silks in Fact and Fancy: A Refutation of the Riggisberg Report". Bulletin Du CIETA, Centre International D'étude Des Textiles Anciens. 39-40.
	page number: 	p. 39-40
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IMAGES

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