Busts and Animals Under Tree of Life (late 700s - 800s): Art, History and Details
Busts and Animals Under Tree of Life at the Cleveland Museum of Art: late 700s - 800s, Plain weave and slit-tapestry weave; undyed linen, dyed wool. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Busts and Animals Under Tree of Life (late 700s - 800s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
This elegant symmetrical roundel, probably from a tunic, features a central tree of life with leaves enclosing the bust of a woman on each side. Animals above the bowl and birds toward the top flank the tree which is framed by a sinuous vine.
Object facts
- Title: Busts and Animals Under Tree of Life
- Date: late 700s - 800s
- Culture: Egypt, Islamic period, Abbasid, 8th - 9th century
- Type: Textile
- Technique: Plain weave and slit-tapestry weave; undyed linen, dyed wool
- Dimensions: Overall: 20.3 x 20.3 cm (8 x 8 in.); Mounted: 28.6 x 28.6 cm (11 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.)
- Collection: T - Coptic
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1982.272
Collection credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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