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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 weave
Measurements
Overall: 66.5 x 45 cm (26 3/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1982.17
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Description

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

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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