Fragment with Landscape, Hunters, and Ibexes

Description

Ibexes romp in a landscape of hills on the lower half of this silk fragment. Above are a pair of addorsed horsemen and a standing male figure on the left. All wear tunics with shoulder ornaments and hats with flying ribbons.

Provenance

(Spink & Son, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?-1982); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1982-)

Fragment with Landscape, Hunters, and Ibexes

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before 1982

Accession Number

1982.21

Medium

Silk: lampas weave

Dimensions

Overall: 39.5 x 44.5 cm (15 9/16 x 17 1/2 in.)

Classification

Textile

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund