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Collection Online as of January 29, 2023

Fragment with Inscription

before 1968

Iran, in the style of the Buyid period

(945–1055)

Silk: lampas weave on compound tabby ground

Overall: 30.5 x 61 cm (12 x 24 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1968.231

Location

not on view

Description

Two rows of foliated inscription in medium tan appear on a tan ground. The foliage is in dark brown. The second row is a mirror image of the orthograde inscription.

Inscriptions

Inscription

ya anis man la anis lahu

Inscription Translation

O Companion of him who has no companion.

Provenance
?-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. 225 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/1968.231