Lampas with phoenixes amid undulating vines

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Lampas with phoenixes amid undulating vines

Date
late 1200s-1300s
Medium
lampas: silk, cotton, and gold thread
Culture
Eastern Iran, Ilkhanid period
Department
Textiles
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
152587

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The elegant design of standing or diving phoenixes among parallel, curving floral vines is based on Chinese textiles. The phoenixes are actually of two types (notice the difference in their tails). Their combination, probably an innovation of Yuan China (1279-1368), also appears on the embroidered canopy (cat. no. 60) in this exhibition. In the eastern Iranian world, Chinese motifs and patterns were incorporated into local designs beginning in the 1270s.

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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

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