Hunters on Horseback
750–850
- Medium
- Plain weave and tapestry weave; undyed linen, dyed wool
- Dimensions
- Overall: 29.4 x 14 cm (11 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Egypt, Islamic Abbasid period, late 8th to 9th century
About
The Byzantine theme of the hunt is depicted with archers on horseback. They face each other because the design was based on costlier Byzantine silks with mirror-image symmetry.