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Asian Art
Textile Fragment with a Lozenge Design and Camels
12th century
Silk; compound weave
17 × 9 1/2 in. (43.2 × 24.1 cm)
Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore
1940.41
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
Iranian/Persian, Islamic
Period:
Seljuk period (1037–1194)
Classification:
Textiles
Provenance:
Arthur Upham Pope (1881–1969) and Phyllis Ackerman (1893–1977) Collection, 1936; 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), 2037, vol. 3, fig. 659.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
