Roundels with camels bearing howdahs
900s–1000s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Roundels with camels bearing howdahs, 900s–1000s. Syria (?), 900s - 1000s. Silk: plain weave variation with supplementary weft; overall: 78.8 x 48.6 cm (31 x 19 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1986.90
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- silk: plain weave variation with supplementary weft
- Dimensions
- Overall: 78.8 x 48.6 cm (31 x 19 1/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: al-mulk lillah (Dominion belongs to God) Translation: Dominion belongs to God
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1986.90
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review for 1986, Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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