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Source Description
Amidst small floral motifs, deer, and antelopes, cheetahs in one row attack deer, while in the alternating row lions seize wild asses.
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118292
label
Lampas with scenes of wild animals
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Source metadata
id
118292
contentType
object
title
Lampas with scenes of wild animals
description
Amidst small floral motifs, deer, and antelopes, cheetahs in one row attack deer, while in the alternating row lions seize wild asses.
date
late 1500s–early 1600s
citation
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CC0
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CC0
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en
wikidata
Q80013178
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Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 55.4 x 28.5 cm (21 13/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
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Iran, Safavid period (1501–1722)
accession
1939.38
Source extras
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Silk and gilt-metal thread: lampas, brocaded
tombstone
Lampas with scenes of wild animals, late 1500s–early 1600s. Iran, Safavid period (1501–1722). Silk and gilt-metal thread: lampas, brocaded; overall: 55.4 x 28.5 cm (21 13/16 x 11 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1939.38
collection
T - Islamic
citations
citation
Pope, Arthur Upham, Phyllis Ackerman, and Theodore Bestermann. <em>A Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present</em>. London: Oxford University Press, 1938.
page_number
Vol. VI, Pl. 1041
citation
Underhill, Gertrude. "Textiles from the H. A. Elsberg Collection." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 26, no. 9 (November 1939): 143–146.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 146
citation
Weibel, Adèle Coulin. <em>Two Thousand Years of Textiles; The Figured Textiles of Europe and the Near East</em>. New York: Published for the Detroit Institute of Arts [by] Pantheon Books, 1952.
page_number
Reproduced: pl. 64
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: p. 35, cat. no. 55
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
Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 349–350, fig. 9.8
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:07:29.965000
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118292
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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Silk and gilt-metal thread: lampas, brocaded
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