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About this work
On this textile fragment, a pair of phoenixes, affronted and nonregardant, flanking a floral motif are framed in an ogive formed by a vine with trifoliate leaves. This, in turn, is framed with a scrolling vine with leaves and pairs of small birds. The design is in Cyprian gold on a coral ground.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFragment, 1300s. Iran or Iraq ?, Mongol period, 14th century. Silk and gold thread; lampas; overall: 26.7 x 14 cm (10 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1945.34
