Fragments of a Caftan

Description

These fragments from a caftan feature large-scale flattened octagons with pearled borders that contain a royal hunting scene: a king mounted on a running horse draws his bow at a rampant lion. Two dogs with their tongues out also run toward the lion. The star-shaped interspaces are filled with four radiating palmettes.

Provenance

(Soleiman Amini, Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?-1982); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1982-)

Fragments of a Caftan

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before 1982

Accession Number

1982.43

Medium

Silk: lampas weave

Dimensions

Average: 141.5 x 156.5 cm (55 11/16 x 61 5/8 in.)

Classification

Textile

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund