Fragment, 8th century, Attributed to Egypt or Syria, Silk; samite, Textile: H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm), Textiles-Woven, This silk fragment depicts a mounted hunter aiming at a leaping panther in an oval roundel with scrolling vegetation. The remains of another roundel on the left side of this fragment shows that this design would have been repeated many times over a much larger piece of silk
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Fragment, 8th century, Attributed, Egypt, Syria, Silk, samite, Textile, H, 8 1/4, 21 cm, Textiles-Woven, silk, fragment, depicts, mounted hunter, aiming, leaping panther, oval roundel, scrolling vegetation, remains, another, left side, design, repeated, times, larger piece
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