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Hanging fragment with boar head

Hanging fragment with boar head

600s–early 700s
Overall: 21 x 25.2 cm (8 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

This fragment preserves parts of two distinct designs. In the lower section, a boar's head is framed by a pearl roundel; to left and right are fragments of two other roundels, and in the spandrels are segments of stylized flowers. In the field above are four feet of what must have been a rather large-scale horse standing in a meadow of flowers of which only fragments remain. A fifth hoof, turned in the opposite direction, indicates that originally the composition included a pair of horses addorsed. A double row of pearls occupies the spaces beneath the horses' feet, and a narrow plain band separates this field from the one below.
  • ?–1950
    (Dr. Emil Delmar [1876–1959], Budapest, Hungary, and New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1950–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Erdmann, Kurt. "Eberdarstellung und Ebersymbolik in Iran". Bonner Jahrbücher Des Rheinischen Landesmuseums in Bonn. 1942 Mentioned: pp. 345-382; Reproduced: pl. 77, fig. 3
    Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme and Charles Crehore Cunningham. 2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving: A Loan Exhibition : Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Dec. 7, 1951 to Jan. 27, 1952 ; the Baltimore Museum of Art, Feb. 27, 1952 to Mar. 25, 1952. Hartford, Conn: Wardsworth Atheneum], 1951. p. 27, no. 42
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 674 archive.org
    Woven Treasures of Persian Art; Persian Textiles from the 6th to the 19th Century. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum, 1959. Mentioned: cat. no. 4, p. 21; Reproduced: cat. no. 4, p. 25
    Ghirshman, Roman. Sept mille ans d'art en Iran: Petit Palais, Octobre 1961-Janvier 1962. Paris: Association francaise d’action artistique, 1961. no. 857, pl. XCVI, p. 148
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 15 archive.org
    Grabar, Oleg. Sasanian Silver; Late Antique and Early Mediaeval Arts of Luxury from Iran. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, 1967. p. 143, no. 64
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 16 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 8 archive.org
    Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359. Reproduced: p. 339, fig. 25 www.jstor.org
    Lucidi, Maria Teresa. La seta e la sua via. Roma: Edizioni De Luca, 1994. fig. 18, p.11
    Watt, James C. Y., Anne E. Wardwell, and Morris Rossabi. When silk was gold: Central Asian and Chinese textiles. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art in cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1997. p. 66, fig. 20
    Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015. Reproduced: P. 50, fig. 2.9; Mentioned: P. 50
  • The Twain Shall Meet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).
    2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (December 7, 1951-January 27, 1952); Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (February 27-March 25, 1952).
    Woven Treasures of Persian Art. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (April 1-May 23, 1959).
    Sept mille ans d'art en Iran. Petit Palais, Paris, France (October 1961-January 1962).
    Sasanian Silver: Late Antique and Early Medieval Arts of Luxury from Iran. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (August-September 1967).
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