id:			146050
accession number:	1971.24
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.24
updated:		2025-02-09 03:35:17.944000

Enthroned King Flanked by Griffins, prior to 1971. Iran or Iraq, in the style of the Abbasid period (750–1258). Silk: lampas weave; overall: 46 x 78.7 cm (18 1/8 x 31 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1971.24

title:				Enthroned King Flanked by Griffins
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creation date:			prior to 1971
creation date earliest:		800
creation date latest:		1971
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Iran or Iraq, in the style of the Abbasid period (750–1258)
technique:	Silk: lampas weave
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 46 x 78.7 cm (18 1/8 x 31 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1971
	opening date:   1971-12-28T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1971</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1971-February 6, 1972).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Nassiri Amini, Tehran, Iran, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1971
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1971-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1971.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 59, no. 1, 1972, pp. 3–46.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 45, no. 127
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152412

	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. 271
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n291

	Blair, Sheila S., et al. “Reevaluating the Date of the ‘Buyid’ Silks by Epigraphic and Radiocarbon Analysis.” <em>Ars Orientalis</em>, vol. 22, 1992, pp. 1–41.
	page number: 	This article provides an overview of the Buyid textile debate, but this specific textile is not referenced.
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/4629423

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