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Source Description
The design consists of aligned large-scale octagons and four-pointed star-shaped interspaces filled with leafy scrolls. Each octagon encloses pairs of regardant gazelles and non-regardant rabbits in mirror image against a foliate background, patterned in white on a light pinkish-tan ground. Framing the octagon is a Kufic inscription repeated in orthograde and retrograde around the central design.
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Document identity
localId
126738
label
Fragment with Octagons and Four-Pointed Stars
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
126738
contentType
object
title
Fragment with Octagons and Four-Pointed Stars
description
The design consists of aligned large-scale octagons and four-pointed star-shaped interspaces filled with leafy scrolls. Each octagon encloses pairs of regardant gazelles and non-regardant rabbits in mirror image against a foliate background, patterned in white on a light pinkish-tan ground. Framing the octagon is a Kufic inscription repeated in orthograde and retrograde around the central design.
date
before 1949
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79906317
genreSpecific
Textile
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 25.5 x 20.5 cm (10 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
cul
Iran or Iraq, in the style of the Seljuq period (1037–1194)
accession
1949.165
Source extras
tec
Silk: lampas weave
tombstone
Fragment with Octagons and Four-Pointed Stars, before 1949. Iran or Iraq, in the style of the Seljuq period (1037–1194). Silk: lampas weave; overall: 25.5 x 20.5 cm (10 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1949.165
collection
T - Islamic
inscriptions
inscription
inni la-'a'lamu wal-layl janan anna al-jannah fi arja' difafihi
inscription_translation
I know full well that even though night is darkness, Paradise lies on its outer edges.
inscription_remark
The Kufic inscription is repeated in orthograde and retrograde framing the octagon.
citations
citation
Shepherd, Dorothy G. “Two Seljuk Silks from Raiy.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 37, no. 1, 1950, pp. 16–12.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 16-17; Reproduced: [unpaginated]
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25141602
citation
Schmidt, Heinrich Jakob. <em>Alte Seidenstoffe; ein Handbuch für Sammler und Liebhaber</em>. Braunschweig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1958.
page_number
p. 117, fig. 83
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 06:32:22.895000
sourceId
126738
dept
Textiles
coll
T - Islamic
med
Silk: lampas weave
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0
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