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Source Description
The royal lions and jeweled border in this colorful roundel, originally from a tunic, conveyed power and wealth. The symmetrical design with lions and ducks flanking the central palmette (fan-shaped plant form) indicates that the pattern was copied from a costlier silk textile woven on a loom that automatically repeated the design in mirror-image symmetry.
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151058
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Lions from a Tunic
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151058
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Lions from a Tunic
description
The royal lions and jeweled border in this colorful roundel, originally from a tunic, conveyed power and wealth. The symmetrical design with lions and ducks flanking the central palmette (fan-shaped plant form) indicates that the pattern was copied from a costlier silk textile woven on a loom that automatically repeated the design in mirror-image symmetry.
date
c. 800's
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q79934266
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Textile
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Overall: 20.1 x 9 cm (7 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
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Egypt, Islamic Abbasid period, 8th - 9th Century
accession
1982.83.b
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tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool
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Lions from a Tunic, c. 800's. Egypt, Islamic Abbasid period, 8th - 9th Century. Tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool; overall: 20.1 x 9 cm (7 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1982.83.b
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T - Coptic
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Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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2026-05-29 07:48:16.977000
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151058
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Textiles
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T - Coptic
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tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool
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