id: 150576 accession number: 1982.102 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.102 updated: 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: late 700's - 800's creation date earliest: 750 creation date latest: 850 current location: creditline: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund copyright: --- 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 find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 29.4 x 14 cm (11 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Year in Review for 1982 opening date: 1983-01-05T05:00:00 The Year in Review for 1982. 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 Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 2004-July 18, 2005). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.102/1982.102_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.102/1982.102_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.102/1982.102_full.tif