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Fragment

before 1968

Iran, in the style of the Buyid period

(945–1055)
Medium
Silk: lampas weave
Measurements
Overall: 41.6 x 51.7 cm (16 3/8 x 20 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1968.233
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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Description

This textile preserves five rows of aligned, tangent roundels with four in each row. Each roundel contains a front-facing harpy with a checkered body and stylized plant forms surrounding it. Interspaces are filled with small roundels tangential to the design. Each small roundel encloses an eight-pointed star within which is a square ornamented with four centered pearls. Interstices are filled with stylized plant forms.
A vertically oriented fragment of muted brown silk features a repeating pattern of circular medallions enclosing double-headed birds with outspread wings. Small geometric motifs mark the intersections where the circles join. The monochromatic design emerges from subtle variations in the weave. The fine fabric shows frayed edges and a large missing section at the top right, its once vibrant color now faded to a uniform, tarnished bronze tone.

Fragment

before 1968

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

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