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Fragment with running animal roundels and kufic inscriptions

1530–1950 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)

Iran, in the style of the Buyid period

(945–1055)
Medium
Silk: lampas weave, brocaded
Measurements
Overall: 35.3 x 25 cm (13 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1953.331
Public Domain
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Description

This fragment preserves a wide central band flanked by narrower inscription bands. The narrower bands contain, on a dark blue background a continuous inscription in elaborate Kufic, the ivory-colored lettering oriented at right angles to the warp. On the wider ivory panel there appear ovals enclosing a frieze of running animals within which are hexagons enclosing stars. The ovals alternate vertically with cartouches containing an inscription in simple Kufic, the design appearing in blue, pink, and ivory.
A vertical silk textile fragment features blue circular medallions on a gold ground. Three medallions enclose four running animals circling a central floral motif. Between them, horizontal bands hold stylized Kufic script (see "Inscriptions"). To the right, a wide dark-blue border displays tall, linear characters. The silk is heavily frayed and torn, with irregular edges and missing sections in the lower half revealing its weathered, fragile structure.

Fragment with running animal roundels and kufic inscriptions

1530–1950 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)

Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055)

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