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Riders dressed in hunting clothes and boots hurl rocks at fleeing lions. The man wears a short tunic and the woman has a fluttering skirt. The border consists of curved acanthus leaves that enclose a chase of alternating lions and hares. This square was sewn onto a tunic rather than woven in. Hunting was a popular artistic theme in pre-Islamic traditions, including Byzantine art, and was then adopted into Islamic art.
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96266
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Ornamental Square from a Tunic
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96266
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object
title
Ornamental Square from a Tunic
description
Riders dressed in hunting clothes and boots hurl rocks at fleeing lions. The man wears a short tunic and the woman has a fluttering skirt. The border consists of curved acanthus leaves that enclose a chase of alternating lions and hares. This square was sewn onto a tunic rather than woven in. Hunting was a popular artistic theme in pre-Islamic traditions, including Byzantine art, and was then adopted into Islamic art.
date
400s CE
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60761529
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Textile
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1
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dimensionsRaw
Overall: 21 x 20 cm (8 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.); Mounted: 28.6 x 27.6 cm (11 1/4 x 10 7/8 in.)
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Egypt, Byzantine period
accession
1916.198
Source extras
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Linen, undyed; wool, dyed; tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping
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Ornamental Square from a Tunic, 400s CE. Egypt, Byzantine period. Linen, undyed; wool, dyed; tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; overall: 21 x 20 cm (8 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.); mounted: 28.6 x 27.6 cm (11 1/4 x 10 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1916.1980
collection
T - Coptic
formerAccessionNumbers
248.1916
1667.1916
citations
citation
Meyer-Reifstahl, Rudolf A.. <em>First National Silk Convention: [Exhibition] City Hall, Paterson, N.J., October 12th, to 21st., 1915</em>. [Paterson, NJ?]: [Chamber of Commerce?], 1915.
page_number
no. 3, p. 19
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 65
citation
Wadsworth Atheneum, Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, and Charles Crehore Cunningham. <em>2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving: A Loan Exhibition : Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Dec. 7, 1951 to Jan. 27, 1952 ; the Baltimore Museum of Art, Feb. 27, 1952 to Mar. 25, 1952</em>. Hartford, CT: Wardsworth Atheneum, 1951.
page_number
no. 36, pl. III.
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 45
citation
Francovich, Géza de. 1963. "L' Egitto, la Siria e Costantinopoli: problemi di metodo". Rivista Dell'Istituto Nazionale D'Archeologia E Storia Dell'Arte / Istituto Nazionale D'Archeologia E Storia Dell'Arte . 83-229.
page_number
139, fig. 72
citation
Thompson, Deborah. 1965. “A Fatimid Textile of Coptic Tradition with Arabic Inscription.” <em>Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt</em> 4: 145–50.
page_number
fig. 8, pl. XXXVIII
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 30
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 30
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 36
citation
Kajitani, Nobuko. Koputo gire. Kyōto: Kyōto Shoin, 1981.
page_number
p. 48, pl. 63
creditline
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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2026-05-29 05:11:01.269000
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96266
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Textiles
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T - Coptic
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Linen, undyed; wool, dyed; tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping
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