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Tiraz Textile Fragment, 11th century. Linen, tapestry-woven decoration, 13 1/4 x 7in. (33.7 x 17.8cm)
Frame: 2 x 23 1/16 x 17 in. (5.1 x 58.5 x 43.2 cm). Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.98. Creative Commons-BY.
Leaping hares in twelve roundels make up the red-ground tapestry band of this fragment. Hares were associated with speed, the hunt, and good fortune in ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Greek, and Roman art. This popular motif of the Fatimid period in Egypt appears in a variety of artistic media including ceramics, wood, metalwork, and textiles.