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Source Description
This fragment from a caftan features large-scale flattened octagons with pearled borders that contain a royal hunting scene: a king mounted on a running horse draws his bow at a rampant lion. Two dogs with their tongues out also run towards the lion. The star-shaped interspaces are filled with four radiating palmettes.
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Document identity
localId
150991
label
Fragment of a Caftan
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
150991
contentType
object
title
Fragment of a Caftan
description
This fragment from a caftan features large-scale flattened octagons with pearled borders that contain a royal hunting scene: a king mounted on a running horse draws his bow at a rampant lion. Two dogs with their tongues out also run towards the lion. The star-shaped interspaces are filled with four radiating palmettes.
date
before 1982
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79934082
genreSpecific
Textile
imageCount
1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 50.5 x 49.2 cm (19 7/8 x 19 3/8 in.)
cul
Iraq or Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055)
accession
1982.43.b
Source extras
tec
lampas weave, silk
tombstone
Fragment of a Caftan, before 1982. Iraq or Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055). Lampas weave, silk; overall: 50.5 x 49.2 cm (19 7/8 x 19 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1982.43.b
collection
T - Islamic
citations
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1982.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 70, no. 1, 1983, pp. 3–55.
page_number
Mentioned: cat. no. 63, p. 52
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:47:46.564000
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150991
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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lampas weave, silk
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1
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0
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photo
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