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Fragment with tripartite band
The collection record classifies this work as textile. It is dated 1000s–1100s. Recorded culture or place: Iran or Iraq, Seljuq period.
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- Museum title
- Fragment with tripartite band
- Date
- 1000s–1100s
- Culture / origin
- Iran or Iraq, Seljuq period
- Materials and technique
- Silk warp and cotton weft (mulham): plain weave; gold leaf and ink
- Dimensions
- Overall: 18.4 x 30.2 cm (7 1/4 x 11 7/8 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1950.551
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
This three-part band consists of two opposing bands of inscriptions flanking an ornamental band of winged griffins within eight-pointed stars, separated by various creatures—a rabbit, a cheetah, and possibly a sphinx. The inscriptions in the band are in simple Kufic against a floriated background. They, as well as the single band of inscription above, repeat in various combinations as benedictions, "endurance and good fortune, blessing, peace." The patches forming the background are gold, the design is drawn in black, and the background of only one star is blue.
This textile probably reflects the international fashion or may have been made for export to Egypt, where this fragment likely survived.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · John L. Severance Fund · CC0
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