Bird in a Medallion
- Medium: Linen, tapestry-woven
- Place Made: Egypt
- Dates: late 9th-early 10th century
- Dynasty: Tulunid
- Period: Tulunid Dynasty
- Dimensions: 4 7/16 x 3 3/4 in. (11.3 x 9.5 cm) Frame: 1 5/8 x 10 11/16 x 8 3/16 in. (4.1 x 27.1 x 20.8 cm)
- Collections: Arts of the Islamic World
- Museum Location:
This item is not on view - Accession Number: 84.270
- Credit Line: Gift of Virgil Bird
- Image: Overall, 84.270_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007
- Catalogue Description: Long necked bird woven in ochre linen against dark blue ground. White and ochre wing and flying scarf. White foot and floral stem extending from beak. Condition: some loss of weft threads above head, at right, below and at left. Securely sewn onto backing remounted Jan. 1985. See conservation report.
The graceful bird in this textile medallion is reminiscent of Late Antique and Coptic motifs, yet the textile’s color scheme suggests early Islamic manufacture in Egypt under the Tulunids (circa 868–905).
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