Ornamental Square from a Tunic (Q60761529)
Label from: English (en)
collection:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
fabrication method:
tapestry weaving (Q29167534)
supplementary weaving (Q18386486)
time period:
5th century (Q8095)
depicts:
hunting (Q36963)
instance of:
textile artwork (Q22075301)
textile (Q28823)
catalog URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.1980
information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog
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.
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