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Egypt, Mamluk sultanate (1250–1517) · 1200s–1300s · Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Indian technique of patterning a textile by printing with carved woodblocks came to the Mamluk world as a result of trade with India. At Fustat, outside of Cairo, numerous fragments of Indian and Mamluk printed textiles have been found. Fish, repeated to form the entire design of this textile, were an indigenous Egyptian motif. The break in the bodies of two of the fish reveals that two blocks were used to print each fish.
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- Maker
- Egypt, Mamluk sultanate (1250–1517)
- Date
- 1200s–1300s
- Medium
- Block printing on plain weave cotton ground
- Dimensions
- Overall: 16.5 x 17.8 cm (6 1/2 x 7 in.)
- Place of origin
- Egypt
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0