Panel with Scenes of Revelry and Abundance from a Large Curtain

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

CMA_.2000.5

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CMA_.2000.5

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2001

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2001

AMICA Library Year

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Object Type:

Textiles

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Textiles

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

Asian; Anatolian; Byzantine

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Asian; Anatolian; Byzantine

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Egypt, Byzantine period, 6th Century

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Egypt, Byzantine period, 6th Century

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Panel with Scenes of Revelry and Abundance from a Large Curtain

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Panel with Scenes of Revelry and Abundance from a Large Curtain

Title

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Title Type:

Primary

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Primary

Title Type

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View:

Full View

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Full View

View

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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:

tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool

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tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool

Materials and Techniques

false

Dimensions:

Overall: 0cm x 143.5cm

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Overall: 0cm x 143.5cm

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:

2000.5

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2000.5

ID Number

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Credit Line:

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund and Gift of the Textile Art Alliance in memory of Robert P. Bergman

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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund and Gift of the Textile Art Alliance in memory of Robert P. Bergman

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html

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

Rights

false

Context:

This large panel conveys power and wealth through its deep purple color and symbolic imagery. It was originally part of a luxurious wide curtain featuring similar wool and linen panels alternating with areas of plainer linen. Though woven in Christian Egypt, pagan subjects dominate and invoke scenes of revelry. In each of the three squares a nude male stands beside a dancing female in transparent clothing; they alternate with centaurs (half-man, half-horse) in roundels. In the central square, Dionysus holds a grapevine and a weary Herakles leans on his club below. The lively animal imagery reinforces opulence, since few could afford such animals: lions, bulls, hares, a bear, boar, donkey, dog, and a stag.

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This large panel conveys power and wealth through its deep purple color and symbolic imagery. It was originally part of a luxurious wide curtain featuring similar wool and linen panels alternating with areas of plainer linen. Though woven in Christian Egypt, pagan subjects dominate and invoke scenes of revelry. In each of the three squares a nude male stands beside a dancing female in transparent clothing; they alternate with centaurs (half-man, half-horse) in roundels. In the central square, Dionysus holds a grapevine and a weary Herakles leans on his club below. The lively animal imagery reinforces opulence, since few could afford such animals: lions, bulls, hares, a bear, boar, donkey, dog, and a stag.

Context

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Panel with Scenes of Revelry and Abundance from a Large Curtain