id:			143826
accession number:	1968.246
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.246
updated:		2022-01-04 16:38:55.169000

Fragment with falconer riding a bull in a rondel, 1000s-1100s (radiocarbon date, 95% probability). Iran, Rayy, Seljuk period. Silk: double cloth; overall: 28 x 25.4 cm (11 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ayyub Rabenou 1968.246

title:				Fragment with falconer riding a bull in a rondel
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creation date:			1000s-1100s (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
creation date earliest:		1000
creation date latest:		1199
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creditline:			Gift of Ayyub Rabenou
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culture:	Iran, Rayy, Seljuk period
technique:	Silk: double cloth
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 28 x 25.4 cm (11 x 10 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	inner band of a foliate Kufic inscription: ". . .   . . .  wa-bastah wa-'ala['] lil-shay[kh?] al-sayyid al-mansur al-mu['a] yyad Abi Nasr . . . bin[?] . . ."
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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).

	title:		Islamic art rotation
	opening date:   2014-12-18T05:00:00
	<i>Islamic art rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 18, 2014-December 14, 2015).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mr. Ayyub Rabenou [1902-1984], Paris, France, given 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: 
The princely sport of falconry was frequently represented in medieval luxury silks. Here, the falconer wears a jeweled turban, the most significant item of men’s dress, and rides sidesaddle on a bull. On his gloved hand he probably supports a coveted gyrfalcon, a large, superior bird. The border displays an inner inscription and an outer animal procession, an ancient Near Eastern theme, of real and mythical creatures. This double cloth has two distinct layers that exchange position according to the pattern. The crisply broken edges and scattered brittle threads are typical of the fragility of authentic medieval Iranian silks.
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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. 27; Mentioned: p. 15
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/4629423

	Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 37, 144, fig. 4.14; Mentioned: P. 33, 145
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IMAGES

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