Description
This fragment preserves a roundel containing a king on horseback. He has a falcon in his left hand and a leafy branch in his right. The roundel’s border is ornamented with a scrolling foliate vine. Interspaces contain partial oval medallions enclosing an eight-pointed star within which is a four-directional palmette. Joining the roundels at their cardinal points are x-shaped geometric figures.
Provenance
(Spink & Son, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?-1982); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1982-)
Accession Number
1982.18
Medium
Silk: lampas weave
Dimensions
Overall: 34.5 x 28.5 cm (13 9/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Classification
Textile
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund