id:			153405
accession number:	1986.89
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.89
updated:		2025-02-09 04:26:57.967000

Fragment with Inscription, before 1986. Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055) or Seljuq period (1037–1194). Silk: compound weave; 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 with Inscription
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creation date:			before 1986
creation date earliest:		1000
creation date latest:		1986
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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) or Seljuq period (1037–1194)
technique:	Silk: compound weave
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 45.8 x 69.8 cm (18 1/16 x 27 1/2 in.)
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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."
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review for 1986
	opening date:   1987-02-04T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review for 1986</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mme. Paul [Margurerite] Mallon [d. 1977], Paris, France
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	(Goumaronart, Inc, Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1986
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1986-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1986.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 74, no. 2, 1987, pp. 38–79.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 48 and 74, no. 198; Reproduced: p. 48, no. 198
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159974

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