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Fragment with Griffins in Roundels
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Fragment with Griffins in Roundels

before 1982 · Silk: lampas weave

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

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This fragment preserves rows of tangent roundels, each containing pair of griffins flanking a tree. Borders of the roundels are ornamented with small medallions enclosing animals or a floral device. The interspaces between roundels are filled with geometric floral figures.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineFragment with Griffins in Roundels, before 1982. Iran or Iraq, in the style of the Seljuq period (1037–1194). Silk: lampas weave; overall: 35.5 x 30.5 cm (14 x 12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1982.19
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