Textile Fragment with Three Animal Figures, Interlacing Pattern

Textile Fragment with Three Animal Figures, Interlacing Pattern

This textile fragment features three animal figures that vary in patterning. These figures may be a land mammal like a lion, but may also be a mythological creature like a sphinx. Each figure is surrounded by an interlacing pattern. The top border features a pattern of upsilon shapes.

Unknown

Late Antique / Byzantine / Early Islamic, 2nd - 9th century CE

Hallie Ford Museum of Art, gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation

5" X 7.5"