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Fragment with Double-Headed "Simurgh"-Eagles

Fragment with Double-Headed "Simurgh"-Eagles

before 1953
Silk: lampas weave
Overall: 47.6 x 49.5 cm (18 3/4 x 19 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1953.434
Location: not on view

Description

Rows of aligned double-headed simurgh (eagles), in tan on a white ground supporting little winged human figures are within a grid consisting of horizontal bands of inscription in floriated Kufic lettering and palmette trees.
  • Originally reported as having been found in Bibi Shahr Banu, near Rayy, Iran
    ?-1953
    (Mme. Paul [Margurerite] Mallon [d. 1977], Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1953-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 679 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 216 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 216 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. 273 archive.org
  • East-West in Art. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN.
    East-West in Art. Indiana University Museum, Bloomington, IN (June 22-October 15, 1966).
    Persian Art: Before and After the Mongol Conquest. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI, (April 6-May 17, 1959).
  • {{cite web|title=Fragment with Double-Headed "Simurgh"-Eagles|url=false|author=|year=before 1953|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1953.434