id:			144696
accession number:	1969.38
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.38
updated:		2020-08-11 09:00:18.481000

Segmentum from a Tunic, 750-799. Egypt, Abbasid period, second half of the 8th century. Tapestry; linen and wool; overall: 23.5 x 20.4 cm (9 1/4 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The A. W. Ellenberger, Sr., Endowment Fund 1969.38

title:				Segmentum from a Tunic
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creation date:			750-799
creation date earliest:		750
creation date latest:		799
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creditline:			The A. W. Ellenberger, Sr., Endowment Fund
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culture:	Egypt, Abbasid period, second half of the 8th century
technique:	tapestry; linen and wool
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 23.5 x 20.4 cm (9 1/4 x 8 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1969
	opening date:   1970-01-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1969</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).

	title:		Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries
	opening date:   1991-11-26T05:00:00
	<i>Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 26-June 6, 1991).

	title:		Coptic Textile Rotation
	opening date:   2012-05-23T04:00:00
	<i>Coptic Textile Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 23, 2012-May 2, 2013).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>The Meeting of Two Worlds: The Crusades and the Mediterranean Context</em>. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (May 9-September 27, 1981).

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PROVENANCE

	(Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1969
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1969-
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wall description: 
A fierce lion with a pronounced mane is shown taking down a large bull on a prestigious red ground with stylized trees and plants. Both animals appear to be lunging toward us, the viewer. The border displays a formal wreath of rosettes. This roundel and two additional matching examples suggest that they originally decorated the front and back of a tunic. The scene is presumably an abbreviated reference to the royal hunt, one of the pleasures of the court that served as propaganda to legitimize the sovereignty of rulers by confirming their ability to control natural resources and manage vast enterprises, especially in the Near East and in Iran.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 269
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n289

	Bornstein, Christine Verzár, and Priscilla Parsons Soucek. <em>The Meeting of Two Worlds: The Crusades and the Mediterranean Context : [Exhibition], the University of Michigan Museum of Art, May 9-September 27, 1981</em>. Ann Arbor: The Museum, 1981.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 25, pl. 3
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