id:			144226
accession number:	1968.73
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Medallions with confronting peacocks, 1660–1955 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability). Iran ?, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055). Silk: lampas weave; overall: 59 x 57.4 cm (23 1/4 x 22 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mallon 1968.73

title:				Medallions with confronting peacocks
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creation date:			1660–1955 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
creation date earliest:		1660
creation date latest:		1955
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mallon
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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: 59 x 57.4 cm (23 1/4 x 22 5/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Inscription in border of oval, orthograde on the left and retrograde on the right, reads:
hasha' dafiyah bayda' safiyah kan rawnaquha fi sarim dhakar; yuzayyin atrafaha turuz kama ruqimat 'alá al-majarrah turuq al-anjum alzuhr
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	inscription:	Inscription on the inner medallion, orthograde on the left and retrograde on the right, reads: 
ma al-fakhr illa li-ahl al-'ilm innahum 'alá al-hudá li-man istahdá adilla'
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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

* {'description': '<em>Iran between East and West</em>. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (June-August, 1966).', 'opening_date': '1966-06-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Paul [1884–1975] and Marguerite Mallon [d. 1977], New York, NY, 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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1968.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 56, no. 1, 1969, pp. 3–50.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 7, no. 125 (detail); Mentioned: p. 48, no. 125
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25152250

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 273
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n293

	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. 39; 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. 154, fig. 4e; Mentioned: P. 154-155
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