Top Part of a Processional Standard, 17th century

  • Islamic, Iranian

Steel

  • Overall (mounted): 16 × 5 × 3 1/8 inches (40.6 × 12.7 × 7.9 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Ralph Harman Booth Bequest Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buhl Ford II Fund, and the J. Lawrence Buell, Jr. Fund

1994.21

Inscribed, upper medallion, mirrored: Ya Muhammad! Inscribed, lower medallion, mirrored: Ya 'Ali!

(Said Motamed, Frankfurt, Germany)

1994-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Islamic, Iranian, Top Part of a Processional Standard, 17th century, steel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Ralph Harman Booth Bequest Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buhl Ford II Fund, and the J. Lawrence Buell, Jr. Fund, 1994.21.