Title
Samite fragment with hunters, 800s. Creator: Unknown.
Caption
Samite fragment with hunters, 800s. This silk preserves pairs of horsemen hunting ibexes (mountain goats). The ibexes and two pairs of rabbits originally filled the spaces between rows of large floral roundels. Portions of the roundels are preserved at the top and bottom. Although the design was greatly influenced by silks from Egypt and Syria, the abstract style is typically Sogdian. This is one of many Sogdian silks that were traded to Europe and eventually preserved in church treasuries.
Date
0
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Reference
HRM19G02_492
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
91,6Mb (6,2Mb) / 26,0in x 13,7in / 7788 x 4110 (300dpi)