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Looped Fragment with Square: Hunting Putti and Animals

Looped Fragment with Square: Hunting Putti and Animals

Textile ArtsByzantine5th-6th century

Looped Fragment with Square: Hunting Putti and Animals

5th-6th century

Description

Undyed linen cloth has a pile of sehna-knot loops. A monochrome tapestry square had been applied to the cloth. Its design consists of a centrally located medallion with a centaur on hatched background and a vine scroll filling the rest of the square. Footed hunters with missiles and shields fill four corner loops, animals (hares, lion) occupy the side ones.

Classification

Textile Arts

Technique

Woven with pile

Medium

Wool and linen, tapestry weave set into fabric of linen loops

Culture

Byzantine

Period

Byzantine period, Early

Century

5th-6th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

52 x 35 cm (20 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.)

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