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Fragment with peacocks and inscriptions

before 1968

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Iran, in the style of the Buyid period

(945–1055)

Silk: lampas weave

Overall: 61.6 x 74.3 cm (24 1/4 x 29 1/4 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1968.228.a

Location

not on view

Description

This textile fragment preserves a pair of addorsed peacocks in tan on a plain tan background.

Provenance
?-1968
(Nassiri Amini, Tehran, Iran, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1968-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
“Annual Report for 1968.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 56, no. 6, 1969, pp. 209–248. Mentioned: p. 225
Shepherd, Dorothy G. 1974. "Medieval Persian Silks in Fact and Fancy: A Refutation of the Riggisberg Report". Bulletin Du CIETA, Centre International D'étude Des Textiles Anciens. p. 39-40, fig. 51a, b
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1968.228.a