The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
Fragment from Funeral Garment or Pall
before 1958
Overall: 28.3 x 18.5 cm (11 1/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Gift of Adolph Loewi 1958.131
Location: not on view
Description
A wide band of large-scale Kufic inscription repeating the first words from a diwan of poems attributed to the Caliph Ali is brocaded in blue on a tan ground. The inscription runs at right angles to the warp. Above is a narrow guilloche band. Both bands are defined by guard stripes.- Originally reported as having been found near Bibi Shahr Banu, near Rayy, Iran?-1958Adolph Loewi [1888-1977], Los Angeles, CA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art1958-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1958.131