The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 1, 2020

Two Fragments from a Curtain: Dolphins

400s - 500s

Egypt, Byzantine period, 5th-6th century

Tapestry (originally inwoven in tabby ground); wool, linen and gold filé

Overall: 26.2 x 11 cm (10 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.)

Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1982.82

Location

not on view

Provenance
Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris.
Exhibition history

The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).

Source URL: https://cmaweb23-bbn-2.clevelandart.org/art/1982.82