Fragment with Griffins in Roundels

Cleveland Museum of Art

Fragment with Griffins in Roundels

Date
before 1982
Medium
Silk: lampas weave
Culture
Iran or Iraq, in the style of the Seljuq period (1037–1194)
Department
Textiles
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
150819

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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.

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Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance
?-1982: (Spink & Son, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1982-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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