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Fragments with Griffins in Roundels

The collection record classifies this work as textile. It is dated before 1966. Recorded culture or place: Iran or Iraq, in the style of the Seljuq period (1037–1194).

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Museum title
Fragments with Griffins in Roundels
Date
before 1966
Culture / origin
Iran or Iraq, in the style of the Seljuq period (1037–1194)
Materials and technique
Silk: lampas weave
Dimensions
Average: 41 x 32.8 cm (16 1/8 x 12 15/16 in.)
Artist / maker
Not specified by the museum
Museum
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession number
1966.136

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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.

This fragment consists of two almost complete roundels in lower right and fragment of third one at the left, plus parts of other roundels. In the roundels are a pair of confronted, winged griffins either side of a "palm" tree. Heavy baroque floral motifs fill the spaces between the main motifs and the roundel frame. The palm grows out of a curious foliate device at the bottom. The roundel frame has pearl borders between which are little circles about 2 cm. in diameter with a series of elegant tiny motifs beginning with a star at the four cardinal points and repeated, left and right, from top to bottom, are a lion, reclining winged ibex, reclining horned animal (possibly a bull), then center star on side, then winged griffin or goat (?), peacock, and lion regardant. In the interspaces are large circular motifs filled with stylized floral motifs and pendant floral motifs growing out in the four angles.

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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Werner Abegg · CC0

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