Fragment with Mounted Hunter Spearing Animals
| Title | Fragment with Mounted Hunter Spearing Animals |
|---|---|
| Date | before 1982 10th century |
| Medium | Silk: lampas weave |
| Classification | Textile |
| Origin | Iran, style of the Abbasid period (750–1258) or Buyid period (945–1055) Iran |
| Holding institution | The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Credit line | Fragment with Mounted Hunter Spearing Animals, before 1982. Iran, style of the Abbasid period (750–1258) or Buyid period (945–1055). Silk: lampas weave; overall: 39 x 22 cm (15 3/8 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1982.22 |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
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“Fragment with Mounted Hunter Spearing Animals” is a work of unattributed authorship, dated before 1982. It is executed in silk: lampas weave and classified as textile. In this archive it sits within the zoological illustration tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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Catalogued as textile. See other public-domain works in the same medium, all free to download and reuse.
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Dated to before 1982. Explore the wider set of works from the 10th century held in the archive.
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Recorded origin: Iran, style of the Abbasid period (750–1258) or Buyid period (945–1055). Browse more public-domain art from Iran.
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