Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 616
igures being usually hack toback, but turning inwards to release the arrow. Sometimes the hunter swingsaloft the cub of the lioness below him, a motive found on Sassanian silver plate,the designs upon which have affinities with those on these textiles. It may beremembered that the horse was always… … 1 Fig. 371. Samson (?) or Hercules (?) : silk textile of about the sixth century in theVictoria and Albert Museum. P. 598, n. 1. Nara in Japan, presented in the eighth century with other objects belonging tothe Mikado Shomu (d. a. d. 756) by his consort Komyo. In this example,though the composition…
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