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Fragment
before 1968
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The fragment has large ovals containing combatant griffins and serpents framed with pearled borders and linked with round pearled medallions.
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Details
- Title: Fragment
- Date Created: before 1968
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 72.5 x 68.5 cm (28 9/16 x 26 15/16 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/1968.224
- Medium: Silk: twill weave
- Department: Textiles
- Culture: Iraq or Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055)
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: T - Islamic
- Accession Number: 1968.224
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