1924.85: Square with Lion, Human Figures, and Hybrid Creatures
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1924.85
- Title
- Square with Lion, Human Figures, and Hybrid Creatures
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- 5th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Africa, Egypt
- Period
- Byzantine period
- Culture
- Coptic
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/215128
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Wool and linen
- Technique
- Tapestry
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 22.86 cm (10 x 9 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
- Accession Year
- 1924
- Object Number
- 1924.85
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Tapestry square with red, yellow, green, and dark blue yarns. In central medallion is a lion. Human figures, birds, and ambiguous forms holdings (putti holding baskets?) surround the lion inside red lobes. Plants with yellow and green flowers against a yellow field. Hybrid creatures in the four corners against dark blue field.
Verification Level
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