Collection record · Dress & textiles
Fragment of a Band or Border
The collection record classifies this work as textile. It is dated late 600s–800s. Recorded culture or place: Egypt, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period (750–1258).
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- Museum title
- Fragment of a Band or Border
- Date
- late 600s–800s
- Culture / origin
- Egypt, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period (750–1258)
- Materials and technique
- Wool and linen: tapestry weave
- Dimensions
- Overall: 12.7 x 21.8 cm (5 x 8 9/16 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1982.110
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
This lively hunting scene features a central figure grappling with a lion. He is flanked by hunters on horseback brandishing swords. The swirling clothing of the hunters and the dynamic poses of the animals give a sense of movement to the band. The entire scene is bordered with a vibrant floral design. Hunting was a popular artistic theme in pre-Islamic traditions, including Sasanian and Assyrian art, and was then adopted into Islamic artistic vernacular.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund · CC0
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