2002.318.3: Square with Figures and Spotted Animals
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2002.318.3
- Title
- Square with Figures and Spotted Animals
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- 5th-7th century
- Period
- Byzantine period
- Culture
- Coptic
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/315198
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Wool and linen, tapestry weave
- Dimensions
- 12.6 × 12 cm (4 15/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Carroll F. Wales
- Accession Year
- 2002
- Object Number
- 2002.318.3
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Turbaned and caped figure appears with a spotted animal, perhaps riding or standing behind it. The animal is mostly likely a trained hunting cheetah -- it possibly wears a collar around its neck. The spotted animal on this square has five legs.
Hippocamps -- hybrid animals (part horse and part fish) known from Greek mythology -- occupy the four corners of the square inserts.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3740 Egyptian, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/28/2017 - 06/20/2018
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Verification Level
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