Textiles · Catalog HV6FSOL7

Lions from a Tunic

The royal lions and jeweled border in this colorful roundel, originally from a tunic, conveyed power and wealth. The symmetrical design with lions and ducks flanking the central palmette (fan-shaped plant form) indicates that the pattern was copied from a costlier silk textile woven on a loom that automatically repeated the design in mirror-image symmetry.

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Textiles · Catalog HV6FSOL7

Lions from a Tunic

Unknown creator · c. 800's

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Exact rights statement: CC0 1.0 · Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access
Verification notes: The museum's official API record 151057 marks share_license_status as CC0 and supplies the matching web image. The exact object page, accession number 1982.83.a, API evidence, and institutional Open Access policy are retained. CC0 addresses copyright; the batch still receives general-audience and other-rights review.
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Fragment of a Band with Birds and Trees

Fragment of a Border with Standing and Seated Birds Amidst Vegetation

Fragment of a Band with Confronted Birds, a Formal Tree, and Smaller Animals

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