Detail View: The AMICA Library: Square Ornament from a Tunic
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1947.192
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AMICA Library Year:
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2002
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Object Type:
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Textiles
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Creator Nationality:
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Egyptian
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Syria or Egypt, Umayyad period, 8th century
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Title:
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Square Ornament from a Tunic
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Back
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Creation Date:
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8th century
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Creation Start Date:
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700
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Creation End Date:
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799
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Materials and Techniques:
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compound twill weave, silk
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Classification Term:
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Textiles
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Dimensions:
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Average: 23.5cm x 24.2cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1947.192
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Credit Line:
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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Rights:
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Provenance:
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found in Akhmim. (Dikran G. Kelekian, New York).
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Context:
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This ornament from a tunic records the survival into the Islamic period of two very ancient themes. One is the motif of deer flanking a Tree of Life, which originated in the ancient Near East and later migrated to the Mediterranean. The other is the suckling fawn, which occurs in Egyptian art as early as the pharaonic period. Nevertheless, the Islamic date of the silk is indicated by the presence of Arabic inscriptions on related silks. The naturalistic, graceful style of the deer and the leaves is characteristic of the art of the first Islamic dynasty, the Umayyad (AD 661-750).
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.AM20021251.tif
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