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Fragment of a Caftan
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About this work
This fragment from a caftan features large-scale flattened octagons with pearled borders that contain a royal hunting scene: a king mounted on a running horse draws his bow at a rampant lion. Two dogs with their tongues out also run towards the lion. The star-shaped interspaces are filled with four radiating palmettes.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFragment of a Caftan, before 1982. Iraq or Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055). Silk: lampas weave; overall: 49.5 x 47.4 cm (19 1/2 x 18 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1982.43.c
