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Source Description
Luxurious tapestry-woven curtains decorated with colorful figures and flora were hung in religious, palatial, and theatrical settings. Often, as here, red forms the background of the main field framed by a blue border. Lively cheetahs or panthers wearing collars appear among alternating stylized rosettes and floral roundels that frame birds on the red ground. In the border, pairs of masks and birds alternate. Cheetahs were favored for hunting, suggested here by the collars and, in one case, a harness. Panthers, on the other hand, were associated with Dionysus, Greek god of wine, who was admired by Egyptian people of all religions through the 500s CE.
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150108
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Curtain Fragment with Panthers
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object
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150108
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object
title
Curtain Fragment with Panthers
description
Luxurious tapestry-woven curtains decorated with colorful figures and flora were hung in religious, palatial, and theatrical settings. Often, as here, red forms the background of the main field framed by a blue border. Lively cheetahs or panthers wearing collars appear among alternating stylized rosettes and floral roundels that frame birds on the red ground. In the border, pairs of masks and birds alternate. Cheetahs were favored for hunting, suggested here by the collars and, in one case, a harness. Panthers, on the other hand, were associated with Dionysus, Greek god of wine, who was admired by Egyptian people of all religions through the 500s CE.
date
500s
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q79932232
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Textile
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1
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Overall: 76.2 x 54.9 cm (30 x 21 5/8 in.); Mounted: 87.6 x 66 x 2.5 cm (34 1/2 x 26 x 1 in.)
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Egypt, Antinoë, Byzantine period, late 6th century
accession
1980.31
Source extras
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Dyed wool, undyed linen: slit-tapestry weave
tombstone
Curtain Fragment with Panthers, 500s. Egypt, Antinoë, Byzantine period, late 6th century. Dyed wool, undyed linen: slit-tapestry weave; overall: 76.2 x 54.9 cm (30 x 21 5/8 in.); mounted: 87.6 x 66 x 2.5 cm (34 1/2 x 26 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1980.31
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T - Coptic
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 07:45:06.981000
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150108
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Textiles
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T - Coptic
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Dyed wool, undyed linen: slit-tapestry weave
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