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Fragment of a Caftan

before 1982

Iraq or Iran, in the style of the Buyid period

(945–1055)
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Medium
Silk: lampas weave
Measurements
Overall: 141.5 x 156.5 cm (55 11/16 x 61 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1982.43.a
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This fragment from a caftan features large-scale flattened octagons with pearled borders that contain a royal hunting scene: a king mounted on a running horse draws his bow at a rampant lion. Two dogs with their tongues out also run towards the lion. The star-shaped interspaces are filled with four radiating palmettes.
A vertical silk garment fragment features a pattern of dark brown diamond-shaped lattices on a muted tan background. Inside the diamonds are four-petaled floral motifs. Between them, hunters on horseback aim bows at lions and striped tigers. The textile is worn and fragmentary, with frayed edges and horizontal tears visible throughout. The figurative and geometric patterns repeat in a dense composition across the cloth's surface.

Fragment of a Caftan

before 1982

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

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