id:			143808
accession number:	1968.234
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.234
updated:		2022-01-04 16:38:50.986000

Fragment with Inscription, before 1968. Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055). Silk: compound tabby and broken twill weave; overall: 55.2 x 64.7 cm (21 3/4 x 25 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1968.234

title:				Fragment with Inscription
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			before 1968
creation date earliest:		950
creation date latest:		1968
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: compound tabby and broken twill weave
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 55.2 x 64.7 cm (21 3/4 x 25 1/2 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	ya anis man la anis lahu
	translation:	
	remark:		

	inscription:	wa-ya aman man la aman lahu
	translation:	
	remark:		

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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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wall description: 
On a plain golden tan ground is a dark band containing two rows of a plaited Kufic inscription woven in the weft direction. The golden tan lettering within each band is oriented in the warp direction. The upper inscription row is three times larger than lower. The plain area below the inscription band and the inscription band are woven in compound tabby. The plain area above inscription band is woven in 3/1 broken twill.
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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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