Tunic with Ornamental Inscription

Description

The sleeves, neck opening, and most of the front area nearly to waist are preserved; the back has large areas missing. The foliated inscription bands on the sleeves near the shoulder seams are in white (faded from blue) on a pink and brown ground.

Provenance

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

Tunic with Ornamental Inscription

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1329–1955

Accession Number

1968.230

Medium

Silk: lampas weave

Dimensions

Overall: 127 x 149.8 cm (50 x 59 in.)

Classification

Textile

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund