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Fragment with Equestrian Falconer King

prior to 1971

Iran or Iraq, in the style of the Abbasid period

(750–1258)
Medium
Silk: lampas weave
Measurements
Overall: 103.2 x 86.4 cm (40 5/8 x 34 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1971.23
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Location
Not on view
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Description

In three rows, this fragment preserves nine complete aligned, tangent roundels, each containing a king on horseback with a falcon in his left hand and a leafy branch in his right. The border of each roundel is ornamented with a scrolling foliate vine. Interspaces contain oval medallions enclosing an eight-pointed star within which is a four-directional palmette. Joining the roundels at their cardinal points are cross-shaped geometric figures.

According to recent analysis of the museum’s Buyid and Abbasid textile materials, some have been identified as modern reproductions.
A square silk fragment features nine black and muted orange roundels in three rows. Each depicts a stylized man in a crown on horseback, a falcon in one hand and a leafy branch in the other, surrounded by plant motifs. Diamond-shaped spaces between the roundels contain smaller roundels with symmetrical geometric shapes. Worn from time, occasional horizontal slashes cut across the fragment.

Fragment with Equestrian Falconer King

prior to 1971

Iran or Iraq, in the style of the Abbasid period (750–1258)

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