↗Iran, Seljuq period of Iran (1037–1194) · 1200–1221
The Wade Cup with Animated Script
Creator not recorded
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Image: public domain (CC0) · Museum record & image source ↗
Iran, Isfahan, Safavid period (1501-1722) · 1600–1625
Royal Carpet with Silk and Metal Thread
Creator not recorded by the museum
- Date
- 1600–1625
- Medium
- Cotton: warp; cotton and silk: wefts; silk: pile, asymmetrical knot; gilt- and silver-metal thread: brocaded
- Dimensions
- Overall: 236.2 x 143.5 cm (93 x 56 1/2 in.)
- Country / context
- Iran
- Movement / tradition
- Arts of Iran
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Pathway
- Arts of Iran ↗
FROM THE MUSEUM
The Safavid dynasty was the greatest dynasty from Iran in the Islamic period. Similarly, woven textiles and carpets from this period are some of the best produced in the region. Royal workshops produced luxurious textiles, like this one, to furnish the royal court. Expertly woven silks were highly prized by the Iranian elite but were also produced for export to the European aristocracy.
Collection text · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A MOMENT TO LOOK
Start with what you can see: shapes, surface, colour and scale. How might the listed materials affect the way this object was made and experienced?
Looking prompt · an invitation to observe, not a historical interpretation.Follow a connection.
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Feline Incense Burner
Creator not recorded
↗Iran, Tabriz, Ilkhanid period (1256-1353) · 1330–35
Bahram Gur Arrives at the House of a Merchant, text page (recto), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025), known as the Great Mongol Shahnama
Creator not recorded
↗Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Ejagham-style maker · early 1900s
Headdress
Creator not recorded