Medallion Depicting Addorsed Amazons on Horseback
Unknown Artist
6th–7th century
Medium
Silk; samite (weft-faced compound twill)
Dimensions
Textile: L. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm) W. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm) Mount: H. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm) W. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm) D. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Classification
Textiles-Woven
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1927
Accession Number
27.58.1
Tags
AmazonsHorses