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Fragment: bird
Fragment: bird

Fragment: bird

Date9th-10th century
Maker Islamic
Maker Egyptian
Object number55.125
Provenance[J. Khawam & Cie, Cairo, Egypt]; purchased from gallery by Seattle Art Museum / Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, Seattle, Washington, April 29, 1955
Published ReferencesThe Art Quarterly, Winter 1955, p. 403 Bacharach, Jere L., "Data Bank Uses: Examples from the Seattle Art Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art", ARTS AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD, v. 4, no. 4: p. 45-47, Autumn-Winter 1987/8.
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions5 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (13.97 x 13.34 cm)
MediumWatercolor on vellum
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Illumination from the Lindesfarne Gospels: Initial, 7th Century Irish Illuminating, from the series, Examples of Illumination and Heraldry, Federal Public Works of Art Project, Region #16, Washington State
Theodora Harrison
1934 or 1935
Object number: 2013.6.4
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Illumination from the Lindesfarne Gospels, 7th Century: Initial “P,” “Matthew,” and Illuminated Border, from the series, Examples of Illumination and Heraldry, Federal Public Works of Art Project, Region #16, Washington State
Theodora Harrison
1934 or 1935
Object number: 2013.6.5
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Illumination from the MS. Harleian 1319 : Scenes from Richard II’s Campaign in Ireland—1. Conference of the Earl of Gloucester and an Irish Chief, from the series, Examples of Illumination and Heraldry, Federal Public Works of Art Project, Region #16, Washington
Theodora Harrison
1934 or 1935
Object number: 2013.6.6
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Illumination from the MS. Harleian 1319: Scenes from Richard IIs Campaign in Ireland—2. Ships Bringing Provisions to the English Host, from the series, Examples of Illumination and Heraldry, Federal Public Works of Art Project, Region #16, Washington State
Theodora Harrison
1934 or 1935
Object number: 2013.6.7
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Illumination from the Book of Kells, from the Series, Examples of Illumination and Heraldry, Federal Public works of Art Project, Region #16, Washington State
Theodora Harrison
1934 or 1935
Object number: 2013.6.8
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Illumination: Initials “AV” from the Book of Kells, 7th-8th Century Irish Illuminating, from the series, Examples of Illumination and Heraldry, Federal Public Works of Art Project, Region #16, Washington State
Theodora Harrison
1934 or 1935
Object number: 2013.6.9
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Illumination: Examples Showing Decorative Treatment of the Human Figure, from the Book of Kells, Ireland, 7th-8th Century, from the series, Examples of Illumination and Heraldry, Federal Public Works of Art Project, Region #16, Washington State
Theodora Harrison
1934 or 1935
Object number: 2013.6.10
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Illumination: Initial “P” from the Book of Kells, 7th-8th Century Irish Illuminating, from the series, Examples of Illumination and Heraldry, Federal Public Works of Art Project, Region #16, Washington State
Theodora Harrison
1934 or 1935
Object number: 2013.6.11
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Illumination: “Et Dixit” from the Book of Kells, 7th-8th Century Irish Illuminating, from the series, Examples of Illumination and Heraldry, Federal Public Works of Art Project, Region #16, Washington State
Theodora Harrison
1934 or 1935
Object number: 2013.6.12
Goldeneye
Goldeneye
French
late 18th century
Object number: 70.73
Wigeon
Wigeon
French
late 18th century
Object number: 70.74
Short-eared owl
Short-eared owl
French
late 18th century
Object number: 70.75