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

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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