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Source Description
This fragment preserves parts of two distinct designs. In the lower section, a boar's head is framed by a pearl roundel; to left and right are fragments of two other roundels, and in the spandrels are segments of stylized flowers. In the field above are four feet of what must have been a rather large-scale horse standing in a meadow of flowers of which only fragments remain. A fifth hoof, turned in the opposite direction, indicates that originally the composition included a pair of horses addorsed. A double row of pearls occupies the spaces beneath the horses' feet, and a narrow plain band separates this field from the one below.
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Document identity
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127871
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Hanging fragment with boar head
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127871
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object
title
Hanging fragment with boar head
description
This fragment preserves parts of two distinct designs. In the lower section, a boar's head is framed by a pearl roundel; to left and right are fragments of two other roundels, and in the spandrels are segments of stylized flowers. In the field above are four feet of what must have been a rather large-scale horse standing in a meadow of flowers of which only fragments remain. A fifth hoof, turned in the opposite direction, indicates that originally the composition included a pair of horses addorsed. A double row of pearls occupies the spaces beneath the horses' feet, and a narrow plain band separates this field from the one below.
date
600s–early 700s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60746435
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Textile
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 21 x 25.2 cm (8 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
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Iran
accession
1950.509
Source extras
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Wool and linen: tapestry weave
tombstone
Hanging fragment with boar head, 600s–early 700s. Iran. Wool and linen: tapestry weave; overall: 21 x 25.2 cm (8 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1950.509
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T - Islamic
citations
citation
Erdmann, Kurt. "Eberdarstellung und Ebersymbolik in Iran". <em>Bonner Jahrbücher Des Rheinischen Landesmuseums in Bonn</em>. 1942
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 345–382; Reproduced: pl. 77, fig. 3
citation
Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme and Charles Crehore Cunningham. <em>2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving: A Loan Exhibition: Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Dec. 7, 1951 to Jan. 27, 1952; the Baltimore Museum of Art, Feb. 27, 1952 to Mar. 25, 1952</em>. Hartford, CT: Wardsworth Atheneum, 1951.
page_number
p. 27, no. 42
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 674
citation
<em>Woven Treasures of Persian Art; Persian Textiles from the 6th to the 19th Century</em>. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum, 1959.
page_number
Mentioned: cat. no. 4, p. 21; Reproduced: cat. no. 4, p. 25
citation
Ghirshman, Roman. <em>Sept mille ans d'art en Iran: Petit Palais, Octobre 1961-Janvier 1962</em>. Paris: Association francaise d’action artistique, 1961.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 857, pl. XCVI, p. 148
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 15
citation
Grabar, Oleg. <em>Sasanian Silver; Late Antique and Early Mediaeval Arts of Luxury from Iran</em>. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, 1967.
page_number
p. 143, no. 64
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 16
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 8
citation
Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 339, fig. 25
citation
Lucidi, Maria Teresa. <em>La seta e la sua via</em>. Roma: Edizioni De Luca, 1994.
page_number
fig. 18, p.11
citation
Watt, James C. Y., Anne E. Wardwell, and Morris Rossabi. <em>When silk was gold: Central Asian and Chinese textile</em>s. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art in cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1997.
page_number
p. 66, fig. 20
citation
Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
page_number
Reproduced: P. 50, fig. 2.9; Mentioned: P. 50
creditline
John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 06:35:55.839000
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127871
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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Wool and linen: tapestry weave
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