Hanging with Dionysian Figures, 5th–7th century, Said to be from Egypt, Antinopolis, Linen, wool; tapestry-woven, Textile: H. 25 1/2 in. (64.8 cm), Textiles-Woven, Leafy tendrils frame twelve (originally fifteen) busts of satyrs, maenads, and others who attended the wine god Dionysos during his thiasoi, or revels. His tutor, Silenus is the bald man at the lower right
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Hanging, Dionysian Figures, 5th–7th century, Said, Egypt, Antinopolis, Linen, wool, tapestry-woven, Textile, H, 25 1/2, 64.8 cm, Textiles-Woven, Leafy tendrils, frame, twelve, originally fifteen, busts, satyrs, maenads, attended, wine god, Dionysos, thiasoi, revels, tutor, Silenus, bald man, lower right
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