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Fragment with Inscription

dated 818 (AH 203), but before 1978
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Iraq, Basrah, in the style of the Abbasid period

(750–1258)
Medium
Silk: compound twill weave
Measurements
Overall: 64.7 x 27.5 cm (25 1/2 x 10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous Gift 1978.173
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Location
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Description

An archer kneels by a hill to shoot at pair of deer to right of a tree. The polychrome design is repeated across horizontal rows on dark brown ground.

The Near East played an important role in the development of textile arts of both the East and West in the early Middle Ages. Sasanian textiles had an impact on both Tang China and Byzantium, and Chinese silks in turn influenced early Islamic textiles.
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Fragment with Inscription

dated 818 (AH 203), but before 1978

Iraq, Basrah, in the style of the Abbasid period (750–1258)

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