Grape Leaves from a Curtain

400s-500s Average: 19 x 31.5 cm (7 1/2 x 12 3/8 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.262

This deep-purple grape leaf once decorated the plain linen ground of a curtain. It probably refers to Dionysus, the classical god of wine, whose cult was popular in Egypt through the 6th century.

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