id:			156047
accession number:	1991.3
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.3
updated:		2025-06-25 11:06:47.352000

Tapestry with golden lions and palmettes, 1200s or earlier. Central Asia. Silk, gold thread; tapestry weave; overall: 63.5 x 34.7 cm (25 x 13 11/16 in.); mounted: 73.7 x 45.7 cm (29 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1991.3

title:				Tapestry with golden lions and palmettes
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creation date:			1200s or earlier
creation date earliest:		1150
creation date latest:		1299
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Central Asia
technique:	silk, gold thread; tapestry weave
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 63.5 x 34.7 cm (25 x 13 11/16 in.); Mounted: 73.7 x 45.7 cm (29 x 18 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
	opening date:   1991-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 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
	<i>When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian & Chinese Textiles from the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 26, 1997-January 4, 1998); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (March 2-May 17, 1998).

	title:		The World of Kubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty
	opening date:   2010-09-20T00:00:00
	<i>The World of Kubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty</i>. 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
	<i>Luxuriance: Silks from Islamic Lands, 1250–1900</i>. 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

	(Spink & Son, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1991
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1991–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Simcox, Jacqueline. "Silks from the Middle Kingdom." <em>Hali: The International Magazine of Fine Carpets and Textiles,</em> Issue 43, (February 1989), pp. 16–33.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 2, p. 18.
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	Taylor, George. "Official colours: dyes on Chinese textiles of the Northern Song Dynasty." <em>Hali: The International Magazine of Fine Carpets and Textiles,</em> Issue 58, (August 1991).
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 81–82; Reproduced: p. 83
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	Turner, Evan H. "Selected 1991 Acquisitions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 79, no. 2 (February 1992): 63–83.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 67; Mentioned: p. 83
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161350

	Watt, James C. Y., Anne E. Wardwell, and Morris Rossabi. <em>When silk was gold: Central Asian and Chinese textiles</em>. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art in cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Art: Distributed by H.N. Abrams, 1997.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 19, p. 80–82
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	Watt, James C. Y., and Maxwell K. Hearn. <em>The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty</em>. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 260, p. 246
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	Highet, Juliet. "Silks from Islamic Lands." <em>The Asian Art Newspaper: Monthly for Collectors, Dealers, Museums and Galleries</em> 17, issue 5 (March 2014): 16–18.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 18
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	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. 36, fig. 1.20a, p. 229, fig. 6.14; Mentioned: p. 228
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	Fircks, Juliane von. "Dou Royaume des Tartares vient Drap Dor et de Soie." <em>Histoire de l'Art</em> 82, issue 1 (2018).
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 176, fig. 9
	url:		

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