id:			150890
accession number:	1982.281
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.281
updated:		2025-02-09 04:09:25.487000

Fragment with Octagons and Four-Pointed Stars, 1521–1955 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability). Iran ?, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055). Silk: lampas weave; overall: 26.5 x 100.5 cm (10 7/16 x 39 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1982.281

title:				Fragment with Octagons and Four-Pointed Stars
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creation date:			1521–1955 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
creation date earliest:		1521
creation date latest:		1955
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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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: 26.5 x 100.5 cm (10 7/16 x 39 9/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	"inni la-'a'lamu wal-layl janan anna al-jannah fi arja' difafihi
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PROVENANCE

	originally reported to have come from Bibi Shahr Banu, necropolis at Rayy, Iran
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	Mme. Paul [Marguerite] Mallon [d. 1977], Paris, France
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	(Goumaronart, Inc., Paris, France, 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: 	Reproduced: p. 32; Mentioned: p. 15
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/4629423

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