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Roundel with figure
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About this work
A running figure clad in a short tunic, turban, and low boots is portrayed in this roundel. The figure holds in his right hand a string attached to a falcon which stands in the space beneath his outstretched left hand. In the upper background are foliate forms on long curving stems. The roundel is framed with a border decorated with a pseudo-inscription in deformed Kufic letters against a floriate background.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineRoundel with figure, 1000s. Egypt, Fatimid period. Linen and silk: plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave; overall: 13.1 x 12.8 cm (5 3/16 x 5 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1952.255
