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Fragment with seated prince holding falcons in kufic medallions
1654-1955 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The design consists of aligned rows of linked roundels enclosing a prince seated on a cushioned throne and holding a large falcon on each hand. The roundel is framed by an inscription in floriated Kufic, which is orthograde along the left half of the roundel and retrograde along right half. The points of junction of the large roundels are ornamented by small roundels enclosing star motifs.
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- Title: Fragment with seated prince holding falcons in kufic medallions
- Date Created: 1654-1955 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 63.5 x 47.6 cm (25 x 18 3/4 in.)
- Provenance: (Mme. Paul [Marguerite] Mallon [d. 1977], Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Textile
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.23
- Medium: Silk: lampas weave
- Inscriptions: Top left: mubarak al-amir al-ajall Rukn al-Dunya wa-al-Din Abu al-Muz . . ., Bottom left: . . . affar Iyad bin Suhayl bin Shirdil [?] al-Dihli matta'ahu Allah bihi
- Department: Textiles
- Culture: Iran ?, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055)
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: T - Islamic
- Accession Number: 1966.23
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