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Lampas with roundels of the image of Christ in benedictory pose
The collection record classifies this work as textile. It is dated 1550–1650. Recorded culture or place: Turkey, Bursa, Ottoman period.
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- Museum title
- Lampas with roundels of the image of Christ in benedictory pose
- Date
- 1550–1650
- Culture / origin
- Turkey, Bursa, Ottoman period
- Materials and technique
- Silk and gilt-metal thread: lampas
- Dimensions
- Overall: 36.5 x 33.7 cm (14 3/8 x 13 1/4 in.); Mounted: 41.3 x 38.7 cm (16 1/4 x 15 1/4 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1916.1423
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
Ottoman manufacturers also wove luxury silks with Christian images for the largest markets outside of the reigning sultans, whose need for luxury fabrics was voracious, targeting the Balkans, Eastern Europe, and the state of Muscovy (Moscow), which lacked silk industries. Worn as majestic church vestments, they were prized signifiers of the power and wealth of the Eastern Orthodox church.
Christian imagery is often displayed in small medallion patterns, as seen here, woven in the standard Ottoman lampas technique. In this highest grade lampas with extensive gilt-metal thread, small medallions enclose half-length images of Christ in a benedictory pose alternating with crosses. The abbreviated inscription in the roundel, IC XC, translates as "Jesus Christ."
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade · CC0
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