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Source Description
The Byzantine theme of the hunt is depicted with archers on horseback. They face each other because the design was based on costlier Byzantine silks with mirror-image symmetry.
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150576
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Hunters on Horseback
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150576
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object
title
Hunters on Horseback
description
The Byzantine theme of the hunt is depicted with archers on horseback. They face each other because the design was based on costlier Byzantine silks with mirror-image symmetry.
date
late 700s–800s
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q79933204
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Textile
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1
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Overall: 29.4 x 14 cm (11 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
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Egypt, Islamic Abbasid period, late 8th to 9th century
accession
1982.102
Source extras
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Plain weave and tapestry weave; undyed linen, dyed wool
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Hunters on Horseback, late 700s–800s. Egypt, Islamic Abbasid period, late 8th to 9th century. Plain weave and tapestry weave; undyed linen, dyed wool; overall: 29.4 x 14 cm (11 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1982.102
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T - Coptic
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Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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2026-05-29 07:46:16.724000
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150576
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Textiles
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T - Coptic
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Plain weave and tapestry weave; undyed linen, dyed wool
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