id: 153405 accession number: 1986.89 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.89 updated: 2019-11-18 11:43:03.736000 Fragment, 1000s - 1100s. Iran, late Buyid -Seljuk period, 11th - 12th century. Compound weave; silk; overall: 45.8 x 69.8 cm (18 1/16 x 27 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1986.89 title: Fragment title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1000s - 1100s creation date earliest: 1000 creation date latest: 1199 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Iran, late Buyid -Seljuk period, 11th - 12th century technique: compound weave; silk department: Textiles collection: T - Islamic type: Forgery find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 45.8 x 69.8 cm (18 1/16 x 27 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: The Arabic inscription framing the octagons reads: "la muhkam [?] bi-amr[?] al-'aysh al-ayyam fa'itah wal-dahr munsarif wal-'aysh munqarad (There is nothing firm [?] with respect to [?] life: the days go by, time passes, and life is cut off." translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review for 1986 opening date: 1987-02-04T05:00:00 Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA, "Year in Review for 1986," [Feb. 4-March 15, 1987]. --- PROVENANCE Collection of Mme. Paul Mallon, Paris; (Goumonart, Inc., Paris). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1986.89/1986.89_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1986.89/1986.89_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1986.89/1986.89_full.tif