Textile Fragment with Foliated Kufic Inscription Maker: Unknown

11th–12th century

Asian Art

Not on view
Medium

Silk; twill weave, brocaded

Dimensions

17 1/2 × 6 11/16 in. (44.5 × 17 cm)

Credit Line

Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore

Accession Number

1937.4613

Geography

Iran

Culture

Iranian/Persian, Islamic

Period

Seljuk period (1037–1194)

Classification

Textiles

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Provenance
Arthur Upham Pope (1881–1969) and Phyllis Ackerman (1893–1977) Collection ; gifted in 1937 to Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955) New York; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Arthur Upham Pope and Phyllis Ackerman, Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present, 6 vols. (London: Oxford University Press, 1938), 2009, vol. 3
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Inscriptions

Inscription in Kufic script. Unread.

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