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The panel preserves four vertical repeats of a tree flanked by falconers on confronted horses. Behind each falconer is an Arabic inscription. The design is delineated in dark brown against a tan ground.

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Document identity
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154291
label
Panel with Falconers
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object
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id
154291
contentType
object
title
Panel with Falconers
description
The panel preserves four vertical repeats of a tree flanked by falconers on confronted horses. Behind each falconer is an Arabic inscription. The design is delineated in dark brown against a tan ground.
date
1516–1955 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79941182
genreSpecific
Textile
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 136.7 x 79 cm (53 13/16 x 31 1/8 in.)
cul
Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055)
accession
1988.98
Source extras
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Silk: lampas weave
tombstone
Panel with Falconers, 1516–1955 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability). Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055). Silk: lampas weave; overall: 136.7 x 79 cm (53 13/16 x 31 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1988.98
collection
T - Islamic
citations
citation
“The Year in Review for 1988.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 76, no. 2, 1989, pp. 30–75.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 51, no. 195 (detail); Mentioned: p. 74, no. 195
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
Reproduced: p. 31; Mentioned: p. 15
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. 155, fig. 4j; Mentioned: P. 154-155
creditline
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:58:47.179000
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154291
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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Silk: lampas weave
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