Fragment with Double-Headed "Simurgh"-Eagles

before 1953

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

Rows of aligned double-headed <em>simurgh </em>(eagles), in tan on a white ground supporting little winged human figures are within a grid consisting of horizontal bands of inscription in floriated Kufic lettering and palmette trees.

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Title: Fragment with Double-Headed "Simurgh"-Eagles
Date Created: before 1953
Physical Dimensions: Overall: 47.6 x 49.5 cm (18 3/4 x 19 1/2 in.)
Provenance: Originally reported as having been found in Bibi Shahr Banu, near Rayy, Iran, (Mme. Paul [Margurerite] 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/1953.434
Medium: Silk: lampas weave
Inscriptions: man taba asluhu zakiya fi'luhu, man kabirat himmathuhu kathurat qimatuhu
Department: Textiles
Culture: Iran or Iraq
Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Collection: T - Islamic
Accession Number: 1953.434

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