id:			150675
accession number:	1982.109
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.109
updated:		2023-08-23 22:43:49.624000

Tiraz with gold, 1020–35. Egypt, Fatimid period, reign of Caliph al-Zahir, 1020–1035. Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé; overall: 16.9 x 9.7 cm (6 5/8 x 3 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1982.109

title:				Tiraz with gold
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			1020–35
creation date earliest:		1020
creation date latest:		1035
current location:		
creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture:	Egypt, Fatimid period, reign of Caliph al-Zahir, 1020–1035
technique:	plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 16.9 x 9.7 cm (6 5/8 x 3 13/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Lower line (inverted): "[In] the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. There is no god but Allāh alone."
Upper line: "[son of the imam al-Haki]m bi-amr-Allāh, Commander of the Faithful, God's benedictions."
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1982
	opening date:   1983-01-05T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1982</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).

	title:		Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries
	opening date:   1991-11-26T05:00:00
	<i>Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 26-June 6, 1991).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris.
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digital description:
The dominant gold ground of a tripartite band displays horned bovines with cloven hooves alternating with stylized palmette trees flanked by opposing lines of text on the dark blue linen ground. The historical inscription is written in kufic script with elongated bowls of the lower letters. The text and epigraphy indicate a date during the caliphate of al-Zahir (r. 1020–35).

wall description:

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 104, fig. 3.20: Mentioned: P. 105, 215
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IMAGES

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