Roundel with figure

Cleveland Museum of Art

Roundel with figure

Date
1000s
Medium
Linen and silk: plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave
Culture
Egypt, Fatimid period
Department
Textiles
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
129824

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A running figure clad in a short tunic, turban, and low boots is portrayed in this roundel. The figure holds in his right hand a string attached to a falcon which stands in the space beneath his outstretched left hand. In the upper background are foliate forms on long curving stems. The roundel is framed with a border decorated with a pseudo-inscription in deformed Kufic letters against a floriate background. The Arabic word for God, written in Naskhi, appears below the figure's left arm and repeats upside down in the other spaces around him.

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Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance
?–1952: (Dikran G. Kelekian [1867–1951], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1952–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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