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Source Description
In three rows, this fragment preserves nine complete aligned, tangent roundels, each containing a king on horseback with a falcon in his left hand and a leafy branch in his right. The border of each roundel is ornamented with a scrolling foliate vine. Interspaces contain oval medallions enclosing an eight-pointed star within which is a four-directional palmette. Joining the roundels at their cardinal points are cross-shaped geometric figures.<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
146033
label
Fragment with Equestrian Falconer King
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
146033
contentType
object
title
Fragment with Equestrian Falconer King
description
In three rows, this fragment preserves nine complete aligned, tangent roundels, each containing a king on horseback with a falcon in his left hand and a leafy branch in his right. The border of each roundel is ornamented with a scrolling foliate vine. Interspaces contain oval medallions enclosing an eight-pointed star within which is a four-directional palmette. Joining the roundels at their cardinal points are cross-shaped geometric figures.<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
Q79924072
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Textile
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 103.2 x 86.4 cm (40 5/8 x 34 in.)
cul
Iran or Iraq, in the style of the Abbasid period (750–1258)
accession
1971.23
Source extras
tec
Silk: lampas weave
tombstone
Fragment with Equestrian Falconer King, prior to 1971. Iran or Iraq, in the style of the Abbasid period (750–1258). Silk: lampas weave; overall: 103.2 x 86.4 cm (40 5/8 x 34 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1971.23
collection
T - Islamic
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
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 271
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
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2026-05-29 07:29:16.951000
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146033
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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Silk: lampas weave
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1
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0
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photo
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