id:			150108
accession number:	1980.31
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Curtain Fragment with Panthers, 500s. Egypt, Antinoë, Byzantine period, late 6th century. Dyed wool, undyed linen: slit-tapestry weave; overall: 76.2 x 54.9 cm (30 x 21 5/8 in.); mounted: 87.6 x 66 x 2.5 cm (34 1/2 x 26 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1980.31

title:				Curtain Fragment with Panthers
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creation date:			500s
creation date earliest:		500
creation date latest:		599
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Egypt, Antinoë, Byzantine period, late 6th century
technique:	Dyed wool, undyed linen: slit-tapestry weave
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Coptic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 76.2 x 54.9 cm (30 x 21 5/8 in.); Mounted: 87.6 x 66 x 2.5 cm (34 1/2 x 26 x 1 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1980
	opening date:   1981-06-23T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1980</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 23-July 19, 1981).

	title:		Conserving the Past for the Future
	opening date:   2001-03-04T00:00:00
	<i>Conserving the Past for the Future</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-May 6, 2001).

	title:		Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation
	opening date:   2002-10-16T04:00:00
	<i>Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 16, 2002-October 27, 2003).

	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

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris.
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wall description:
Luxurious tapestry-woven curtains decorated with colorful figures and flora were hung in religious, palatial, and theatrical settings. Often, as here, red forms the background of the main field framed by a blue border. Lively cheetahs or panthers wearing collars appear among alternating stylized rosettes and floral roundels, which frame birds on the red ground. In the border, pairs of masks and birds alternate. Cheetahs were favored for hunting, suggested here by the collars and, in one case, a harness. Panthers, on the other hand, were associated with Dionysus, Greek god of wine, who was admired by Egyptians of all religions through the AD 500s.
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