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About this work
This fragment's overall lozenge grid has alternate rows of two opposed pairs of confronted camels on a densely foliated ground flanking a central ornamented diamond that encloses four-directional palmettes in deep golden tan on a dark blue-green ground, and symmetrical pairs of opposed floral vines in dark blue-green on a deep golden tan ground.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFragment, before 1968. Iran or Iraq. Silk: compound twill weave; overall: 29.2 x 35.5 cm (11 1/2 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1968.226
