Sujet

Hunters on Horseback, late 700's - 800's. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Hunters on Horseback, late 700's - 800's. The Byzantine theme of the hunt is depicted with archers on horseback and the game beneath. The colours 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.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM19F87_313

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

41,7Mo (5,0Mo) / 24,7cm x 42,3cm / 2914 x 5000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

textile Unknown The Cleveland Museum of Art Heritage Art Textile dyed wool undyed linen undyed linen dyed wool Plain weave and tapestry weave Plain weave and tapestry weave Islamic Abbasid period late 8th to 9th century