The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Hunters on Horseback
late 700's - 800's
Overall: 29.4 x 14 cm (11 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
The Byzantine theme of the hunt is depicted with archers on horseback and the game beneath. The colors and border decorations are very similar to the adjacent Alexander the Great roundel (1959.123), indicating they were woven either in the same workshop or copying a fashion. The archers face each other because the design was based on costlier Byzantine silks with mirror-image symmetry.- Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris.
- 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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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1982.102