Description
This fragment from a caftan features 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 towards 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-)
Accession Number
1982.43.b
Medium
lampas weave, silk
Dimensions
Overall: 50.5 x 49.2 cm (19 7/8 x 19 3/8 in.)
Classification
Textile
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
