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Roundel with figure

1000s

Egypt, Fatimid period

Medium
Linen and silk: plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave
Measurements
Overall: 13.1 x 12.8 cm (5 3/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1952.255
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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Did You Know?

The Arabic word for God, written in Naskhi, appears below the figure's left arm and repeats upside down in the other spaces around him.

Description

A running figure clad in a short tunic, turban, and low boots is portrayed in this roundel. The figure holds in his right hand a string attached to a falcon which stands in the space beneath his outstretched left hand. In the upper background are foliate forms on long curving stems. The roundel is framed with a border decorated with a pseudo-inscription in deformed Kufic letters against a floriate background.

Roundel with figure

1000s

Egypt, Fatimid period

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