The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Fragment of a Tiraz
1058–60
Overall: 8.6 x 16.3 cm (3 3/8 x 6 7/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1929.932
Location: Not on view
Description
The tripartite band consists of a central band with a frieze of paired, confronted griffins, framed by oval cartouches which are delineated only by the joined trifoliate motifs which fill the spandrels. On either side are opposing lines of Arabic text in Kufic script. The two lines of inscription, both of which are incomplete, appear to represent repetitions of a single text.- ?-1929(Dr. Phyllis Ackerman [1893-1977], Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1929-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1929.932