Curtain Fragment with Panthers

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

CMA_.1980.31

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CMA_.1980.31

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2003

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2003

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Textiles

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Textiles

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

Egypt, Antinoë, Byzantine period, late 6th century

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Egypt, Antinoë, Byzantine period, late 6th century

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Egypt, Antinoë, Byzantine period, late 6th century

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Egypt, Antinoë, Byzantine period, late 6th century

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Curtain Fragment with Panthers

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Curtain Fragment with Panthers

Title

false

Title Type:

Primary

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Primary

Title Type

false

View:

Full View

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Full View

View

false

Creation Date:

500s

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500s

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

500

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500

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

599

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599

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

slit-tapestry weave; dyed wool, undyed linen

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slit-tapestry weave; dyed wool, undyed linen

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Textile

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Textile

Classification Term

false

Style or Period:

Egypt, Antinoë, Byzantine period, late 6th century

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Egypt, Antinoë, Byzantine period, late 6th century

Style or Period

false

Dimensions:

Overall: 76.2cm x 54.6cm

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Overall: 76.2cm x 54.6cm

Dimensions

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AMICA Contributor:

The Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Cleveland Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1980.31

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1980.31

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html

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<a href="http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html</a>

Rights

false

Provenance:

Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris.

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Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris.

Provenance

false

Context:

Luxurious tapestry-woven curtains decorated with colorful figures and flora were hung in religious, palatial, and theatrical settings. Often, as here, red forms the background of the main field framed by a blue border. Lively cheetahs or panthers wearing collars appear among alternating stylized rosettes and floral roundels, which frame birds on the red ground. In the border, pairs of masks and birds alternate. Cheetahs were favored for hunting, suggested here by the collars and, in one case, a harness. Panthers, on the other hand, were associated with Dionysus, Greek god of wine, who was admired by Egyptians of all religions through the 6th century AD.

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Luxurious tapestry-woven curtains decorated with colorful figures and flora were hung in religious, palatial, and theatrical settings. Often, as here, red forms the background of the main field framed by a blue border. Lively cheetahs or panthers wearing collars appear among alternating stylized rosettes and floral roundels, which frame birds on the red ground. In the border, pairs of masks and birds alternate. Cheetahs were favored for hunting, suggested here by the collars and, in one case, a harness. Panthers, on the other hand, were associated with Dionysus, Greek god of wine, who was admired by Egyptians of all religions through the 6th century AD.

Context

false

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Curtain Fragment with Panthers