Textile with Phoenixes

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

CMA_.1985.4

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CMA_.1985.4

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

1998

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1998

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Textiles

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Textiles

Object Type

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Creator Name:

Unknown

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Unknown

Creator Name

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Creator Nationality:

Asian; Middle Eastern; Persian

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Asian; Middle Eastern; Persian

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Eastern Iranian world, Transoxiana, late 13th - 14th century

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Eastern Iranian world, Transoxiana, late 13th - 14th century

Creator Name-CRT

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Title:

Textile with Phoenixes

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Textile with Phoenixes

Title

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Title Type:

Primary

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Primary

Title Type

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View:

Full View

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Full View

View

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Creation Date:

late 13th - 14th century

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late 13th - 14th century

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1266

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1266

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1399

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1399

Creation End Date

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Materials and Techniques:

lampas; silk, cotton and silver thread

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lampas; silk, cotton and silver thread

Materials and Techniques

false

Style or Period:

Eastern Iranian world, Transoxiana, late 13th - 14th century

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Eastern Iranian world, Transoxiana, late 13th - 14th century

Style or Period

false

Dimensions:

Overall: 43.5cm x 39.5cm

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Overall: 43.5cm x 39.5cm

Dimensions

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AMICA Contributor:

The Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Cleveland Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

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Owner Location:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Owner Location

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ID Number:

1985.4

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1985.4

ID Number

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Credit Line:

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Credit Line

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Rights:

http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html

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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>

Rights

false

Context:

Textile with PhoenixesLampas; silk, cotton, silver threadEastern Iranian world, Transoxiana,late 1200s-1300sThe Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1985.4(Cat. no. 47)The elegant design of standing or diving phoenixes among parallel, curvingfloral vines is based on Chinese textiles. The phoenixes are actually oftwo types (notice the difference in their tails). Their combination,probably an innovation of Yuan China (1279-1368), also appears on theembroidered canopy (cat. no. 60) inthis exhibition. In the eastern Iranianworld, Chinese motifs and patterns were incorporated into local designsbeginning in the 1270s.

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Textile with PhoenixesLampas; silk, cotton, silver threadEastern Iranian world, Transoxiana,late 1200s-1300sThe Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1985.4(Cat. no. 47)The elegant design of standing or diving phoenixes among parallel, curvingfloral vines is based on Chinese textiles. The phoenixes are actually oftwo types (notice the difference in their tails). Their combination,probably an innovation of Yuan China (1279-1368), also appears on theembroidered canopy (cat. no. 60) inthis exhibition. In the eastern Iranianworld, Chinese motifs and patterns were incorporated into local designsbeginning in the 1270s.

Context

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