Square Ornament from a Tunic

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

CMA_.1947.192

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CMA_.1947.192

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2002

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2002

AMICA Library Year

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Object Type:

Textiles

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Textiles

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

Egyptian

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Egyptian

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Syria or Egypt, Umayyad period, 8th century

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Syria or Egypt, Umayyad period, 8th century

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Square Ornament from a Tunic

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Square Ornament from a Tunic

Title

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Title Type:

Primary

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Primary

Title Type

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View:

Detail

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Detail

View

false

Creation Date:

8th century

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8th century

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

700

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700

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

799

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799

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

compound twill weave, silk

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compound twill weave, silk

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Textiles

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Textiles

Classification Term

false

Dimensions:

Average: 23.5cm x 24.2cm

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Average: 23.5cm x 24.2cm

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:

1947.192

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1947.192

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.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

Provenance:

found in Akhmim. (Dikran G. Kelekian, New York).

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found in Akhmim. (Dikran G. Kelekian, New York).

Provenance

false

Context:

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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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).

Context

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