Fragment with peacocks and inscriptions

Description

This textile fragment preserves a pair of addorsed peacocks in tan on a plain tan background.

Provenance

(Nassiri Amini, Tehran, Iran, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?-1968); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1968-)

Fragment with peacocks and inscriptions

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before 1968

Accession Number

1968.228.a

Medium

Silk: lampas weave

Dimensions

Overall: 61.6 x 74.3 cm (24 1/4 x 29 1/4 in.)

Classification

Textile

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund