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Fragment with Inscription
before 1968
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
On a plain golden tan ground is a dark band containing two rows of a plaited Kufic inscription woven in the weft direction. The golden tan lettering within each band is oriented in the warp direction. The upper inscription row is three times larger than lower. The plain area below the inscription band and the inscription band are woven in compound tabby. The plain area above inscription band is woven in 3/1 broken twill.
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- Title: Fragment with Inscription
- Date Created: before 1968
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 55.2 x 64.7 cm (21 3/4 x 25 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: (Nassiri Amini, Tehran, Iran, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Textile
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.234
- Medium: Silk: compound tabby and broken twill weave
- Inscriptions: ya anis man la anis lahu, wa-ya aman man la aman lahu
- 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: 1968.234
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