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Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Fragment of Tomb Cover

Fragment of Tomb Cover

before 1955
Silk: double-face compound twill
Overall: 78.1 x 66 cm (30 3/4 x 26 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1955.52
Location: not on view

Description

In ivory on a dark brown ground a large-scale roundel is framed by a frieze of running animals containing a pair of confronted ibex on either side of a tree of life. Above is preserved the bottom portion of an identical roundel, and to either side of the main roundel is a fragment from the upper part of a repeated roundel, interrupted by the inclusion of a vertical inscription band in Kufic lettering.
  • Originally reported as having been found at or near Bibi Shahr Banu, near Rayy, Iran
    ?-1955
    (Mme. Paul [Margurerite] Mallon [d. 1977], Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1955-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Shepherd, Dorothy G. “A Dated Persian Silk of the Buyid Period.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 43, no. 2, 1956, pp. 19–22. Mentioned: pp. 19-22; Reproduced: p. 21 (detail of inscription) www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 675 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: pp. 22-23, cat. no. 11
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 215 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. 215 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. 271 archive.org
    Bloom, Jonathan M. “Facts and Fantasy in Buyid Art.” Oriente Moderno 23 (84), no. 2 (2004): 387–400. Mentioned: pp. 387-400; Reproduced: fig. 7, p. 400 www.jstor.org
  • Sept mille ans d'art en Iran. Petit Palais, Paris, France (October 1-December 31, 1961).
    Woven Treasures of Persian Art. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (April 1-May 23, 1959).
  • {{cite web|title=Fragment of Tomb Cover|url=false|author=|year=before 1955|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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