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Source Description
The design consists of aligned ogives in 4-1/2 rows and part or all of 6 columns; each ogive contains a running winged quadruped with an animal head. Floriated motifs emerge from the end of the tail and fill the interstices. The double border consists of an inner band with scrolling vine and an outer band of kufic inscription. Resulting columns of diamond-shaped interspaces are alternately ornamented with squares filled with diaper pattern on a foliate field and a pair of confronting, regardant peacocks flanking a tree of life.
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Document identity
localId
142303
label
Ogives with Winged Quadrupeds and Peacocks
core
obj
dtoType
object
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1
Source metadata
id
142303
contentType
object
title
Ogives with Winged Quadrupeds and Peacocks
description
The design consists of aligned ogives in 4-1/2 rows and part or all of 6 columns; each ogive contains a running winged quadruped with an animal head. Floriated motifs emerge from the end of the tail and fill the interstices. The double border consists of an inner band with scrolling vine and an outer band of kufic inscription. Resulting columns of diamond-shaped interspaces are alternately ornamented with squares filled with diaper pattern on a foliate field and a pair of confronting, regardant peacocks flanking a tree of life.
date
1517–1950 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80041950
genreSpecific
Textile
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 69.8 x 49.8 cm (27 1/2 x 19 5/8 in.)
cul
Iran ?, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055)
accession
1966.134
Source extras
tec
Silk: lampas weave
tombstone
Ogives with Winged Quadrupeds and Peacocks, 1517–1950 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability). Iran ?, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055). Silk: lampas weave; overall: 69.8 x 49.8 cm (27 1/2 x 19 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Werner Abegg, 1966.134
collection
T - Islamic
inscriptions
inscription
"kull ibn untha wa-in talat salamatuhu yawman 'ala alah badba' mahmul"
inscription_translation
Every son of a female, e'en though his wellbeing may have lasted long, One day is carried off on a convex implement [i.e., a bier].
inscription_remark
Foliated kufic inscription is orthograde on left side and repeated in retrograde on right side.
citations
citation
“Annual Report for 1966.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 54, no. 6, 1967, pp. 159–197.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 177-178
citation
Blair, Sheila S., Jonathan M. Bloom, and Anne E. Wardwell. "Reevaluating the Date of the "Buyid" Silks by Epigraphic and Radiocarbon Analysis." <em>Ars Orientalis</em> 22 (1992): 1-41.
page_number
Reprpoduced: p. 33; Mentioned: p. 15
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Werner Abegg
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:17:47.349000
sourceId
142303
dept
Textiles
coll
T - Islamic
med
Silk: lampas weave
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image_url
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1
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0
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photo
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