The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Fragment with Griffins in Roundels
before 1982
(1037–1194)
Overall: 35.5 x 30.5 cm (14 x 12 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
This fragment preserves rows of tangent roundels, each containing pair of griffins flanking a tree. Borders of the roundels are ornamented with small medallions enclosing animals or a floral device. The interspaces between roundels are filled with geometric floral figures.- ?-1982(Spink & Son, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1982-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Lemberg, Mechthild. “The Buyid Silks of the Abegg Foundation, Berne.” Bulletin du CIETA. Centre international d'étude des textiles anciens. No. 37 1973 – I. p. 11-54 p. 52, no. 1104Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1982.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 70, no. 1, 1983, pp. 3–55. Mentioned: p. 52, no. 67 25159799
- The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).
- {{cite web|title=Fragment with Griffins in Roundels|url=false|author=|year=before 1982|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1982.19