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Fragment with wrestling lions and harpies
Fragment with wrestling lions and harpies

Fragment with wrestling lions and harpies

Early 12th century
Object Placepossibly Almería, Spain
Medium/TechniqueSilk lampas with supplementary discontinuous metal-wrapped patterning wefts
Dimensions50 x 43 cm (19 11/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
Credit LineEllen Page Hall Fund
Accession number33.371
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceSaid to come from the tomb of bishop San Pedro de Osma (d. 1109) in the Cathedral of Burgo de Osma, Spain [see note 1]. 1933, Herman A. Elsberg (dealer; b. 1869 - d. 1938), New York; 1933, sold by Elsberg to the MFA for $14,500 [see note 2]. (Accession date: March 7, 1933)

NOTES:
[1] See Adele Coulin Weibel, Two Thousand Years of Textiles (New York: Pantheon, 1952), p. 96, cat. no. 66.

[2] Purchased with MFA 33.372 for $14,500.