Creative Commons License
Confronted birds & ovoid cartouches
9th century
linen with silk tapestry borders
tapestry
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as from Akhmin]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 5/2/1996 | Treatment | re-housed |
Measurements
H: 5 3/4 × W: 15 3/8 in. (14.6 × 39.1 cm); Matted H: 10 1/2 × W: 23 15/16 in. (26.6 × 60.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1922
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
83.474