The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 28, 2022

Fragment

before 1968

Iraq or Iran, in the style of the Buyid period

(945–1055)

Silk: lampas weave

Overall: 68 x 33.5 cm (26 3/4 x 13 3/16 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1968.222

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

al-qudrah

Inscription Translation

"power" or "omnipotence"

Inscription Remark

Kufic inscription

Provenance
Teheran Market
?-1968
(Nassiri Amini, Tehran, Iran, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1968-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
“Annual Report for 1968.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 56, no. 6, 1969, pp. 209–248. Mentioned: p. www.jstor.org
Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1968. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1968.222