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Fragment with running animal roundels and kufic inscriptions

Unknown artist, 1530–1950 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)

26 cm × 35 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 5 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 35 cm
Width: 26 cm
Medium: Silk: lampas weave, brocaded
Kind: Textile
Made in: Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055)
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: Overall: 35.3 x 25 cm (13 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 25 cm × 35 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 26 cm × 35 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1530–1950 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability). It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund.
How was it made?: Silk: lampas weave, brocaded, made in Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055), Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055).
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.