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Fragments with winged lions in roundels

Fragments with winged lions in roundels

899–1160 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
Silk: taqueté
Overall: 47 x 26.7 cm (18 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mallon 1975.45
Location: not on view
  • reportedly found at Bibi Shahr Banu
    ?-1975
    Paul [1884–1975] and Marguerite Mallon [d. 1977], New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1975-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Blair, Sheila S., Jonathan M. Bloom, and Anne E. Wardwell. "Reevaluating the Date of the "Buyid" Silks by Epigraphic and Radiocarbon Analysis." Ars Orientalis 22 (1992): 1-41. Reproduced: p. 27; Mentioned: p. 15 www.jstor.org
    Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015. Reproduced: P. 141, fig. 4.11; Mentioned: P. 142, p. 155
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