The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 23, 2025

Hunters on Horseback

late 700s–800s

Egypt, Islamic Abbasid period, late 8th to 9th century

Plain weave and tapestry weave; undyed linen, dyed wool
Overall: 29.4 x 14 cm (11 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1982.102
Location: Not on view

Description

The Byzantine theme of the hunt is depicted with archers on horseback. They face each other because the design was based on costlier Byzantine silks with mirror-image symmetry.
  • Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris.
  • Coptic Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 11, 2024-October 26, 2025).
    Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 2004-July 18, 2005).
    The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).
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