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Source Description
This fragment preserves three large, aligned, tangent ovals in a column. Each oval contains a <em>senmurv</em> ornamented with foliate and geometric forms; the border contains a stylized foliate motif. Ovals are joined at their cardinal points with a cross-shaped geometric figure within a smaller oval bordered with pearls. Interspaces contain X-shaped medallions consisting of four palmettes around a diamond center.<br><br>According to recent analysis of the museum’s Buyid and Abbasid textile materials, some have been identified as modern reproductions.
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Document identity
localId
146022
label
Fragment with Senmurvs
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
146022
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object
title
Fragment with Senmurvs
description
This fragment preserves three large, aligned, tangent ovals in a column. Each oval contains a <em>senmurv</em> ornamented with foliate and geometric forms; the border contains a stylized foliate motif. Ovals are joined at their cardinal points with a cross-shaped geometric figure within a smaller oval bordered with pearls. Interspaces contain X-shaped medallions consisting of four palmettes around a diamond center.<br><br>According to recent analysis of the museum’s Buyid and Abbasid textile materials, some have been identified as modern reproductions.
date
prior to 1971
citation
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79924050
genreSpecific
Textile
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 101.4 x 45.7 cm (39 15/16 x 18 in.)
cul
Iran or Iraq, in the style of the Abbasid period (750–1258)
accession
1971.22
Source extras
tec
Silk: lampas weave
tombstone
Fragment with Senmurvs, prior to 1971. Iran or Iraq, in the style of the Abbasid period (750–1258). Silk: lampas weave; overall: 101.4 x 45.7 cm (39 15/16 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1971.22
collection
T - Islamic
didYouKnow
<em>Senmurvs</em> are benevolent, mythical birds in Persian mythology and literature.
citations
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1971.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 59, no. 1, 1972, pp. 3–46.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 45, no. 127
citation
Blair, Sheila S., et al. “Reevaluating the Date of the ‘Buyid’ Silks by Epigraphic and Radiocarbon Analysis.” <em>Ars Orientalis</em>, vol. 22, 1992, pp. 1–41.
page_number
This article provides an overview of the Buyid textile debate, but this specific textile is not referenced.
url
www.jstor.org/stable/4629423
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:29:10.938000
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146022
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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Silk: lampas weave
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0
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photo
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