Lot 13
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A FATIMID TIRAZ FRAGMENT
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A FATIMID TIRAZ FRAGMENT

EGYPT, SECOND HALF 11TH CENTURY

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A FATIMID TIRAZ FRAGMENT
EGYPT, SECOND HALF 11TH CENTURY
The plainwoven linen ground woven in pink and blue silk with two horizontal registers composed of a central band of medallions, each containing a hare on alternating pink and blue ground, with minor medallions above and below containing birds on similarly alternating ground, the interstices with fine black scrolls and each main register bordered above and below with black pattern between pink lines, areas of wear, mounted on cotton, framed and glazed
Approx. 9¼ x 17¼in. (24 x 44.5cm.)
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Lot Essay

A number of examples featuring hare motifs in similar colours are found, including one in the Victoria and Albert Museum, (Anna Contadini, Fatimid Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1998, pl.29, p.69; Karel Otavsky and Muhammad Abbas Muhammas Salim, Mittelalterliche Textilien I, Riggisberg, 1995, p64 and 83).

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