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Source Description
The design consists of aligned large-scale octagons and four-pointed star-shaped interspaces filled with leafy scrolls. Each octagon encloses pairs of regardant gazelles and nonregardant rabbits in mirror image against a foliate background, patterned in white on a light pinkish-tan ground.
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Document identity
localId
150890
label
Fragment with Octagons and Four-Pointed Stars
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
150890
contentType
object
title
Fragment with Octagons and Four-Pointed Stars
description
The design consists of aligned large-scale octagons and four-pointed star-shaped interspaces filled with leafy scrolls. Each octagon encloses pairs of regardant gazelles and nonregardant rabbits in mirror image against a foliate background, patterned in white on a light pinkish-tan ground.
date
1521–1955 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79933855
genreSpecific
Textile
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 26.5 x 100.5 cm (10 7/16 x 39 9/16 in.)
cul
Iran ?, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055)
accession
1982.281
Source extras
tec
Silk: lampas weave
tombstone
Fragment with Octagons and Four-Pointed Stars, 1521–1955 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability). Iran ?, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055). Silk: lampas weave; overall: 26.5 x 100.5 cm (10 7/16 x 39 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1982.281
collection
T - Islamic
inscriptions
inscription
"inni la-'a'lamu wal-layl janan anna al-jannah fi arja' difafihi
inscription_translation
I know full well that even though night is darkness, Paradise lies on its outer edges.
inscription_remark
Framing the octagon is a "kufic" inscription repeated in orthograde and retrograde around the central design.
citations
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. 32; Mentioned: p. 15
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:47:22.384000
sourceId
150890
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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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