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| Keywords: Egyptian - Wall Hanging or Curtain Fragment with Hunt Scene - Walters 83717.jpg This panel depicting a lion and leopard hunt likely decorated a larger curtain or wall hanging Curtains and wall hangings were used in private homes as well as in public and religious buildings to prevent drafts divide spaces and provide privacy The tapestry weave of this piece is ideal for such textiles as it produces a design that can be viewed from either side Though found and probably manufactured in Egypt this tapestry fragment shows strong Sassanian influence in the stylized animals as well as in the depiction of the landscape Close parallels exist in contemporary sculpture century 6 7 Early Byzantine wool linen cm 22 9 64 1 accession number 83 717 25703 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum 1973 by purchase Museum purchase 1973 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Byzantine and Early Russian art in the Walters Art Museum Textiles in the Walters Art Museum Byzantine textiles in Egypt Ancient Egyptian linen | ||||
