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Title

Textile Fragment

Dating

750 to 1258 C.E.

Accession Number

1971.25

Dimensions

74.2 x 85.7 cm (29 3/16 x 33 3/4 in.)

Culture

Eran (Abbasid)

Collection

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Materials

Silk

Object Type

Textiles

"This fragment preserves tangent and aligned roundels arranged in 3 rows. Each roundel depicts a king with an impaled lion at end of a spear; the image is reversed in alternate columns. The roundels have a pearled border. Interspaces are ornamented with a motif composed of four palmettes in an X formation."

Image Source

Copyright Status

CC0 1.0, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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