- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1931.42
- Title
- Three Textile Bands (Clavi): Lotus Flowers and Leaves
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- 4th-6th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Africa, Egypt
- Period
- Byzantine period, Early
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/215294
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Linen and wool, tapestry woven
- Technique
- Woven, tapestry weave
- Dimensions
- 21.6 x 5.1 cm (2 x 8 1/2 x 2 in.)
20.6 x 5.1 cm (8 1/8 x 2 in.)
21 x 5.1 cm (8 1/4 x 2 in.)
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Charles Bain Hoyt
- Accession Year
- 1931
- Object Number
- 1931.42
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Three bands with the same design, all likely from the same textile. Each band features a central buff strip with red eight petalled flowers alternating with a pair of round green leaves with bits of yellow. The red flowers with green circular leaves suggest the plants should be identified as lotuses. On either side of the central buff band are black bands with scrolling brown vines with buff leaves.
- Exhibition History
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