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Fragment with Double-Headed "Simurgh"-Eagles

Unknown artist, before 1953

50 cm × 48 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 3 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 48 cm
Width: 50 cm
Medium: Silk: lampas weave
Kind: Textile
Made in: Iran or Iraq
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: 47.6 x 49.5 cm (18 3/4 x 19 1/2 in.)
Credit: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

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

How big is it?: 50 cm × 48 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made before 1953. 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, made in Iran or Iraq, Iran or Iraq.
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.