The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 3, 2023

Fragment

before 1968

Iraq or Iran, in the style of the Buyid period

(945–1055)

Silk: twill weave

Overall: 72.5 x 68.5 cm (28 9/16 x 26 15/16 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1968.224

Location

not on view

Description

The fragment has large ovals containing combatant griffins and serpents framed with pearled borders and linked with round pearled medallions.

Provenance
?-1968
(Nassiri Amini, Tehran, Iran, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1968-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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/1968.224