Description
This fragment includes pairs of confronted rabbits(?) arranged in staggered horizontal rows. The right border preserves parts of a selvage and an inscription, which is orthograde to the right and retrograde to the left. The rabbits are woven in dark blue on a tan ground; the inscription is tan on a dark blue ground.
Provenance
(Nassiri Amini, Tehran, Iran, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?-1968); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1968-)
Accession Number
1968.229
Medium
Silk: compound twill
Dimensions
Overall: 57.5 x 41.6 cm (22 5/8 x 16 3/8 in.)
Classification
Textile
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund