id:			152798
accession number:	1985.59
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.59
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:57.700000

Caftan, after 1950 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability). Iran ?, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055). Silk: lampas weave; width across shoulders: 176.5 cm (69 1/2 in.); neck edge to hem: 127.5 cm (50 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1985.59

title:				Caftan
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series:				
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creation date:			after 1950 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
creation date earliest:		1950
creation date latest:		1965
current location:		
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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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: width across shoulders: 176.5 cm (69 1/2 in.); neck edge to hem: 127.5 cm (50 3/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Collar: O Merciful One, O Benevolent One, have mercy on Thy wea[k] servant! [O] Thou who art nearer to me than my [ju]gular vein, have mercy on me!
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	inscription:	Sleeves: Top small band: I seek refuge in Thy magnanimous countenance from the evil of this world and the next, from the evil of all pains, and from the evil of every creeping thing whose forelock Though seiz...
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	inscription:	Bottom small band (continues top one): ...est.  Verily, my Lord is on a straight road.  And I seek refuge in Thee from every evil and shame of this world and from the punishment of the next.
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	inscription:	Middle Band (large): Good fortune, prosperity, dominion, joy, felicity, and honor.
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	inscription:	Diagonal Bands: O Thou Who possessest majesty and Who bestowest honor! Protect me from evil things, exalt my station by Thy help, and make me fortunate!
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	inscription:	Inscriptions on the back: 
1. My God, prolong my life!  
2. My God, preserve me from rebellious acts!.  
3. [For] the use of Abu Muhammad Ziyad.  
4.  bin Hamdan al-Fadli.  
5. Work of Ahmmmad [sic for Ahmad] bin[?] . . . [bin Ziyad?] al-Daylami.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1985
	opening date:   1986-02-12T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1985</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Rabenou Antiquities, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1985
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1985-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1985.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 73, no. 2, 1986, pp. 26–71.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 161, p. 69; Reproduced: p. 41
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159930

	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. 40; 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. 155, fig. 4i; Mentioned: P. 154-155
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