Textile, Medium: linen, wool Technique: plain weave with discontinuous wefts (tapestry) with slits, dovetails, eccentric wefts, and wrapping. On warps of weft-faced plain weave fabric., Tapestry-woven circular medallion in ivory and red wool on the warps of a weft-faced plain weave ivory wool fabric. A small roundel with a man mounted on a horse is surrounded by four figures, one on each of the four axes, in lobed frames which break into the outer border. The spaces between the four figures are filled with small figures and red circles. The outer border is made up of small red circles

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Size: 5348px × 5879px
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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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