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Fragments of a Caftan

before 1982

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Iraq or Iran, in the style of the Buyid period

(945–1055)

Silk: lampas weave

Average: 141.5 x 156.5 cm (55 11/16 x 61 5/8 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1982.43

Location

not on view

Description

These fragments from a caftan feature large-scale flattened octagons with pearled borders that contain a royal hunting scene: a king mounted on a running horse draws his bow at a rampant lion. Two dogs with their tongues out also run toward the lion. The star-shaped interspaces are filled with four radiating palmettes.

Provenance

?-1982

(Soleiman Amini, Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1982-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1982.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 70, no. 1, 1983, pp. 3–55. Mentioned: cat. no. 63, p. 52 www.jstor.org

Exhibition history

The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).