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Square with Lion, Human Figures, and Hybrid Creatures

Square with Lion, Human Figures, and Hybrid Creatures

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Tapestry square with red, yellow, green, and dark blue yarns. In central medallion is a lion. Human figures, birds, and ambiguous forms holdings (putti holding baskets?) surround the lion inside red lobes. Plants with yellow and green flowers against a yellow field. Hybrid creatures in the four corners against dark blue field.

Wool and linen

Byzantine period

Textile Arts