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Collection Online as of April 26, 2024

Panel with Falconers

Panel with Falconers

1516–1955 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
(945–1055)
Silk: lampas weave
Overall: 136.7 x 79 cm (53 13/16 x 31 1/8 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1988.98
Location: not on view

Description

The panel preserves four vertical repeats of a tree flanked by falconers on confronted horses. Behind each falconer is an Arabic inscription. The design is delineated in dark brown against a tan ground.
  • ?-1988
    (Rabenou Antiquities, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1988-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • “The Year in Review for 1988.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 76, no. 2, 1989, pp. 30–75. Reproduced: p. 51, no. 195 (detail); Mentioned: p. 74, no. 195 www.jstor.org
    Blair, Sheila S., Jonathan M. Bloom, and Anne E. Wardwell. "Reevaluating the Date of the "Buyid" Silks by Epigraphic and Radiocarbon Analysis." Ars Orientalis 22 (1992): 1-41. Reproduced: p. 31; Mentioned: p. 15 www.jstor.org
    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. 155, fig. 4j; Mentioned: P. 154-155
  • The Year in Review for 1988. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989).
  • {{cite web|title=Panel with Falconers|url=false|author=|year=1516–1955 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)|access-date=26 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1988.98