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Panel with Falconers

1516–1955 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)

Iran, in the style of the Buyid period

(945–1055)
Medium
Silk: lampas weave
Measurements
Overall: 136.7 x 79 cm (53 13/16 x 31 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1988.98
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Description

The panel preserves four vertical repeats of a tree flanked by falconers on confronted horses. Behind each falconer is an Arabic inscription. The design is delineated in dark brown against a tan ground.
A vertically long, monochromatic tan silk lampas textile fragment features four horizontal registers of mirrored equestrians facing a central flowering tree. Each figure holds a small bird aloft on their outer hand. Dark brown motifs depict the riders and their caparisoned horses across a heavily distressed, frayed surface. Torn edges and horizontal splits interrupt the rhythmic, repeating pattern, with partial human figures visible along the narrow top and bottom borders.

Panel with Falconers

1516–1955 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)

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

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