id: 154940
accession number: 1989.50
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Cloth of gold with winged lions and griffins, 1225–75. Central Asia. Silk and gold thread: lampas; overall: 124 x 48.8 cm (48 13/16 x 19 3/16 in.); mounted: 135.6 x 59.4 cm (53 3/8 x 23 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1989.50
title: Cloth of gold with winged lions and griffins
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creation date: 1225–75
creation date earliest: 1225
creation date latest: 1275
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Central Asia
technique: Silk and gold thread: lampas
department: Textiles
collection: T - Islamic
type: Textile
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measurements: Overall: 124 x 48.8 cm (48 13/16 x 19 3/16 in.); Mounted: 135.6 x 59.4 cm (53 3/8 x 23 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Notable Acquisitions
opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00
Notable Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 15, 1991).
title: When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian & Chinese Textiles from the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art
opening date: 1997-10-19T00:00:00
When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian & Chinese Textiles from the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 26, 1997-January 4, 1998); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 26, 1997-January 4, 1998); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (March 2-May 17, 1998); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (March 2-May 17, 1998).
title: The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia 1256-1353
opening date: 2002-10-28T00:00:00
The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia 1256-1353. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (October 28, 2002-February 16, 2003); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (April 13-July 27, 2003).
title: The World of Kubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty
opening date: 2010-09-20T00:00:00
The World of Kubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (September 20, 2010-January 2, 2011).
title: Luxuriance: Silks from Islamic Lands, 1250-1900
opening date: 2013-05-14T04:00:00
Luxuriance: Silks from Islamic Lands, 1250-1900. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 14, 2013-June 23, 2014).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(Lisbet Holmes Textiles, London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-June 29, 1989
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: June 29, 1989-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Museum, 1991.
page number: p. 45
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook_80839
Interpretations: Sixty-Five Works from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
page number: no. 47
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Wardwell, Anne E. "Notable Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 78, no. 3 (1991): 63-147.
page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 124
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161319
“Recent Acquisitions at the Cleveland Museum of Art II: Departments of Asian Art: Supplement.” The Burlington Magazine, vol. 133, no. 1059, 1991, pp. 417–424.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: no. VII, p. 419
url: https://www-jstor-org.ingallslibrary.idm.oclc.org/stable/884779
HALI; the international journal of Oriental carpets and textiles 59 (August-October 1991), p. 125.
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Turner, Evan H. and John Russell. Masterpieces from East and West. New York, NY: Rizzoli International, 1992.
page number: p. 37
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Wardwell, Anne E. "Two Silk and Gold Textiles of the Early Mongol Period." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 79, no. 10 (1992): 354-78.
page number: Reproduced: p. 356-58, 376; Mentioned: p. 354-78
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161379
Wardwell, Anne E. "Important Asian Textiles Recently Acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art," Oriental Art N.S. 38 no.4 (Winter 1992/93): 249.
page number: p. 249, fig. 6
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 37 no. 08, October 1997
page number: Reproduced: cover
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1997-08/page/2
Watt, James C. Y., Anne E. Wardwell, and Morris Rossabi. When silk was gold: Central Asian and Chinese textiles. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art in cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Art: Distributed by H.N. Abrams, 1997.
page number: cat. no. 35, figs. 50, 52, 62; pp. 126, 128, 142-143
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Wardwell, Anne E. and James C. Watt, "A Meeting of Traditions," HALI; the international journal of Oriental carpets and textiles 95 (November 1997): 102-104.
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Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 66-67
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Chuvin, Pierre, and Gilles Béguin. Les arts de l'Asie Centrale. Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod, 1999.
page number: Reproduced: p. 460, no. 563
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Bonhams Knightsbridge. Islamic Works of Art including two 'Fostat Carpet' Fragments. 21 April 1999.
page number: fig. a, p. 62
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Hattstein, Markus, and Peter Delius. Islam, Kunst und Architektur. Köln: Könemann, 2000.
page number: Reproduced: p. 405
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Komaroff, Linda, and Stefano Carboni. The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256-1353. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven, CT: Distributed by Yale University Press, 2002.
page number: cat. no. 69, p. 64, p. 260, fig. 58
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Watt, James C. Y., and Maxwell K. Hearn. The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010.
page number: p. 256, fig. 274
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 363
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Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland, OH; New Haven, CT: The Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
page number: Reproduced: Front Cover, P. 6, 216, 218, fig. 6.3; Mentioned: P. 180, 215
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Fircks, Juliane von. "Dou Royaume des Tartares vient Drap Dor et de Soie." Histoire de l'Art 82, issue 1 (2018).
page number: Reproduced: p. 182, fig. 13
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Mozzati, Luca, and David Radzinowicz. Islamic Art. Munich: Prestel, 2019.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 200
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Clarke, Sarah E. Braddock, and Ryoko Yamanaka Kondo. Byzantine Silk on the Silk Roads: Journeys between East and West, Past and Present. London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2022.
page number: Reproduced: p. 90, fig. 7.4
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Blessing, Patricia, Elizabeth Dospěl Williams, and Eiren L. Shea. Medieval Textiles Across Eurasia, C. 300-1400. Cambridge, United Kingdom; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2023.
page number: Mentioned: p. 11; Reproduced: p. 13, fig. 10
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