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Source Description
Hunt and hunting motifs constitute a group of 5th-century classical subjects, which frequently appeared in early Byzantine textiles. While the content of the scenes was frequently symbolic in wall hangings and other pieces of interior decoration, hunt scenes as they appeared on clothing were generally intended as purely decorative. Framing the central subject of this fragment is a border composed of wine jugs and grape vines, a probable reference to Dionysus, the god of regeneration and rebirth.
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Document identity
localId
14763
label
Garment Decoration (""Segmentum"") with Man Killing Panther
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
14763
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Garment Decoration (""Segmentum"") with Man Killing Panther
description
Hunt and hunting motifs constitute a group of 5th-century classical subjects, which frequently appeared in early Byzantine textiles. While the content of the scenes was frequently symbolic in wall hangings and other pieces of interior decoration, hunt scenes as they appeared on clothing were generally intended as purely decorative. Framing the central subject of this fragment is a border composed of wine jugs and grape vines, a probable reference to Dionysus, the god of regeneration and rebirth.
provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Kelekian; Walters Art Museum, 1980, by gift.
date
4th-5th century (Early Byzantine)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Textiles
textiles
costume
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.4
height
8
dimensionsRaw
3 5/16 x 3 1/8 in. (8.4 x 8 cm)
Source extras
med
wool, linen
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
BYZ
TAF
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
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photo
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