The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 19, 2024

Lions from a Tunic

Lions from a Tunic

c. 800's
Location: not on view

Description

The royal lions and jeweled border in this colorful roundel, originally from a tunic, conveyed power and wealth. The symmetrical design with lions and ducks flanking the central palmette (fan-shaped plant form) indicates that the pattern was copied from a costlier silk textile woven on a loom that automatically repeated the design in mirror-image symmetry.
  • Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris.
  • The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1982.83