The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 5, 2023

Fragment, Part of an Ornament from a Garment

400s

Egypt, Byzantine period, 5th century

Tabby weave with inwoven tapestry ornament, linen and wool

Overall: 47.6 x 6.2 cm (18 3/4 x 2 7/16 in.); Mounted: 53.3 x 12.1 cm (21 x 4 3/4 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1950.615

Location

not on view

Description

This fragment shows three hunters armed with swords and round shields or rocks alternating with lions and rabbits, evidently the prey. It appears identical in technique, color, and artistic details to 1950.147, and was attached to it inappropriately when acquired by the museum. Presumably, it decorated the hemline with the figures “lying down,” as also seen in the bands flanking the tunic’s neck opening.

Provenance
(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York).
Citations
Friedman, Florence D. Beyond the Pharaohs: Egypt and the Copts in the 2nd to 7th Centuries A.D. Providence, R.I.: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1989. p. 152, cat. no. 62
Exhibition history

Beyond the Pharoahs: Egypt and the Copts in the 2nd to 7th Centuries A.D. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (February 10-April 16, 1989); Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD (May 17-July 15, 1989).

Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 2003-October 25, 2004).

Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 20, 2013-March 17, 2014).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1950.615