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Fragments with peacocks and inscriptions
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Fragments with peacocks and inscriptions

before 1968 · lampas weave, silk

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

These textile fragments preserve pairs of addorsed peacocks in tan on a plain tan background. Part 3 bears an inscription along the border.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineFragments with peacocks and inscriptions, before 1968. Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055). Lampas weave, silk; average: 61.6 x 74.3 cm (24 1/4 x 29 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1968.228
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