id:			150576
accession number:	1982.102
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.102
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Hunters on Horseback, late 700's - 800's. Egypt, Islamic Abbasid period, late 8th to 9th century. Plain weave and tapestry weave; undyed linen, dyed wool; overall: 29.4 x 14 cm (11 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1982.102

title:				Hunters on Horseback
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creation date:			late 700's - 800's
creation date earliest:		750
creation date latest:		850
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creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture:	Egypt, Islamic Abbasid period, late 8th to 9th century
technique:	Plain weave and tapestry weave; undyed linen, dyed wool
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Coptic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 29.4 x 14 cm (11 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1982
	opening date:   1983-01-05T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1982</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).

	title:		Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation
	opening date:   2004-10-29T04:00:00
	<i>Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 2004-July 18, 2005).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris.
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wall description:
The Byzantine theme of the hunt is depicted with archers on horseback and the game beneath. The colors and border decorations are very similar to the adjacent Alexander the Great roundel (1959.123), indicating they were woven either in the same workshop or copying a fashion. The archers face each other because the design was based on costlier Byzantine silks with mirror-image symmetry.
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