Roundels with King Spearing Lion

Description

This fragment preserves tangent and aligned roundels arranged in 3 rows. Each roundel depicts a king with an impaled lion at end of a spear; the image is reversed in alternate columns. The roundels have a pearled border. Interspaces are ornamented with a motif composed of four palmettes in an X formation.

Provenance

(Nassiri Amini, Tehran, Iran, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?-1971); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1971-)

Roundels with King Spearing Lion

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prior to 1971

Accession Number

1971.25

Medium

Silk: lampas weave

Dimensions

Overall: 74.2 x 85.7 cm (29 3/16 x 33 3/4 in.)

Classification

Textile

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund