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Publisher

The Metropolian Museum of Art

Publication Date

601 - 701 AD

City

Constantinople, Egypt, Syria

Keywords

Weft-faced compound twill, samite, polychrome silk

Comments

This textile depicts a repeated motif of a muscled man subduing a lion. The wide-open, staring eyes of the lion-fighter may signal a moment of keen intent or divine possession.

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