Fragment with Rows of Confronted Rabbits

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-)

Fragment with Rows of Confronted Rabbits

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900s

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

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund