1975.41.22: Looped Fragment with Square: Hunting Putti and Animals
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1975.41.22
- Title
- Looped Fragment with Square: Hunting Putti and Animals
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- tapestry
- Date
- 5th-6th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Africa, Egypt
- Period
- Byzantine period, Early
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/288837
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Wool and linen, tapestry weave set into fabric of linen loops
- Technique
- Woven with pile
- Dimensions
- 52 x 35 cm (20 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of The Hagop Kevorkian Foundation in memory of Hagop Kevorkian
- Accession Year
- 1975
- Object Number
- 1975.41.22
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Undyed linen cloth has a pile of sehna-knot loops. A monochrome tapestry square had been applied to the cloth. Its design consists of a centrally located medallion with a centaur on hatched background and a vine scroll filling the rest of the square. Footed hunters with missiles and shields fill four corner loops, animals (hares, lion) occupy the side ones.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3740 Egyptian, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/20/2018 - 11/28/2018
Verification Level
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