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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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