Fragment with lions and griffins in combat
Unknown Artist
1459–1669 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
Medium
Silk: lampas weave
Dimensions
50.8 × 71.1 cm
Classification
Textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1968.221
About this artwork
Against a diaper-patterned background are roundels each containing a Tree of Life flanked by a lion and dragon in combat, birds, and griffins. The rondels are framed with a frieze of running animals. Twelve-sided figures in the interspaces enclose diamonds with pairs of confronted birds and animals flanking another Tree of Life.