id:			150826
accession number:	1982.23.a
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.23.a
updated:		2024-08-08 15:16:12.893000

Front of a tunic with lion killing khilin in octagonal medallions, after 1950 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability). Iraq or Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055). Silk: lampas weave; overall: 113.7 x 86.7 cm (44 3/4 x 34 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art 1982.23.a

title:				Front of a tunic with lion killing khilin in octagonal medallions
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creation date:			after 1950 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
creation date earliest:		1950
creation date latest:		1975
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creditline:			Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art
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culture:	Iraq or 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: 113.7 x 86.7 cm (44 3/4 x 34 1/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Glory and good fortune to the most exalted amir Abu al-ra'is[?]  Kahlaf[?] bin Mansur al-Tawa'i [?], may God prolong his existen[ce]!  In the year three and [tw]o hundred in the city of Baghdad.
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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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Spink & Son, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1982
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1982-
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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: 	Mentioned: pp. 15, 23, 42; Reproduced: p. 41, fig. 21
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/4629423

	Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1982.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 70, no. 1, 1983, pp. 3–55.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 53, no. 76
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159799

	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. 155, fig. 4h; Mentioned: P. 154-155
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