Ikat tiraz
960–980
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Ikat tiraz, 960–980. Yemen, San'a', Zaydi Imam period. Resist-dyed warp (ikat); plain weave with inscription: cotton and gold leaf; overall: 60.3 x 64.5 cm (23 3/4 x 25 3/8 in.); mounted: 67.9 x 74.3 cm (26 3/4 x 29 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1950.353
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- resist-dyed warp (ikat); plain weave with inscription: cotton and gold leaf
- Medium
- resist-dyed, warp, ikat, plain, weave, inscription, cotton, gold, leaf
- Dimensions
- Overall: 60.3 x 64.5 cm (23 3/4 x 25 3/8 in.); Mounted: 67.9 x 74.3 cm (26 3/4 x 29 1/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Kufic inscription, translated as: ". . . [a]l-Dá'i ilá al-Haqq, Commander of the Believers, Yusuf b. Yahya b. al-Nasir li-Din Allah Ahmad, son of the apostle of God, may God bless them all." At the bottom, the word "to God" is inverted. "Yusuf ibn Yahya" ruled AD 968-998)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1950.353
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Islamic art rotation, <em>The Heritage of Islam</em>. Houston, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Washington D.C. (March 10, 1982-September 5, 1983), no. 186, p. 54., <em>Gallery 207 textile rotation</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 20, 2002-May 5, 2004).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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