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Hitching Post

Hitching Post

1200s
limestone
Overall: 62.9 x 65.8 cm (24 3/4 x 25 7/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.481
Location: not on view

Description

Two powerful lions appear to guard the central hitching ledge to which travelers and merchants could secure their horses and other animals, possibly at a caravanserai, predecessor of the modern motel, located along trade routes such as the Silk Road. Animals and human figures are often represented in art made in Islamic countries, but they are not portrayed on items associated with the Muslim faith—the Qur'an, mosques, and prayer rugs.
  • by 1940-1944
    (Raphaël Stora [1888–1963], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1944-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Ettinghausen, Richard. ""Six Thousand Years of Persian Art" the Exhibition of Iranian Art New York, 1940." Ars Islamica 7, no. 1 (1940): 106-17. Reproduced: p. 117, fig. 23 4515558
    Ettinghausen, Richard. “‘Six Thousand Years of Persian Art’ the Exhibition of Iranian Art New York, 1940.” Ars Islamica, vol. 7, no. 1, 1940, pp. 106–117. Reproduced: p. 117, fig. 23 4515558
    Islamic Art: Selected Examples from the Loan Exhibition of Islamic Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944. Reproduced: p. 39 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 683 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 208 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 208 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 264 archive.org
  • Islamic Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 1944-February 2, 1945).
    Six Thousand Years of Persian Art. Iranian Institute, New York, NY (1940).
  • {{cite web|title=Hitching Post|url=false|author=|year=1200s|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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