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Segmentum from a Tunic
The collection record classifies this work as textile. It is dated 750–99. Recorded culture or place: Egypt, Abbasid period.
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- Museum title
- Segmentum from a Tunic
- Date
- 750–99
- Culture / origin
- Egypt, Abbasid period
- Materials and technique
- tapestry; linen and wool
- Dimensions
- Overall: 23.5 x 20.4 cm (9 1/4 x 8 1/16 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1969.38
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
A fierce lion with a pronounced mane takes down a large bull on a purple red ground with stylized trees and plants. Both animals appear to be facing us, the viewer. The border displays a formal wreath of rosettes. This roundel, or circular element, and two additional matching examples suggest that they originally decorated the front and back of a tunic. The scene may be an abbreviated reference to the royal hunt, one of the pleasures of the court that served as propaganda to legitimize the authority of rulers by confirming their ability to control natural resources.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · The A. W. Ellenberger, Sr., Endowment Fund · CC0
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