Harvard Art Museums > 1985.107: Tunic Front: Abstract Figures and Animals Textile Arts Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Tunic Front: Abstract Figures and Animals , 1985.107,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/174380. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1985.107 Title Tunic Front: Abstract Figures and Animals Classification Textile Arts Work Type textile Date 6th-8th century Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient) Period Byzantine period Culture Egyptian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/174380 Physical Descriptions Medium Wool and linen, tapestry weave Technique Woven, tapestry weave Dimensions 75 x 37.9 cm (29 1/2 x 14 15/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Dikran Garabed Kelekian, New York (by 1951); by descent; Charles Dikran Kelekian, New York (1951-1982); by descent; to Nanette Rodney Kelekian, New York (1982-1985), gift; to the Fogg Museum. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Nanette B. Rodney Accession Year 1985 Object Number 1985.107 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description The central and largest medallion on this tunic front shows a hunter standing next to a spotted feline. Below this is a lunette containing rabbits, plants, a hunter with a shield, and a female dancer. Three roundels run down each tunic band; these contain centaurs with musical instruments, animals, and a tree with birds. A grouping of four spotted centaurs dancing with instruments is repeated in the space between the roundels. Commentary The uppermost roundel on this tunic front (containing a hunter and a spotted cat) has a parallel in the Carl Austin Rietz Collection of Coptic Textiles at the California Academy of Sciences (CAS 0389-2389).1 Dimensions are comparable, and both feature dyed warp threads, suggesting that these two pieces came from the same garment. 1. Carroll, Diane Lee. Looms & Textiles of the Copts: First Millennium Egyptian Textiles in the Carl Austin Rietz Collection of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1988. Exhibition History 32Q: 3740 Egyptian, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/28/2017 - 06/20/2018 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
