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The design, based upon a fusion of sino-islamic motifs, includes lions playing with balls, geometric interlace, paired running animals, a crescent moon containing cloud scrolls and a circle with radiating petals containing the signature of the weaver, 'Abd al-Aziz'.\r\n\r\nThe signature of the master identifies this textile as the work of a Muslim rather than a Chinese master.","physicalDescription":"Fragment of lampas silk (<i>pannus tartaricus</i>), from a vestment at Regensburg, vertical warp stripes where pattern formed by a continuous pattern weft of gold, with details in compound weave formed by dark brown ground wefts bound in tabby by the binding warps. Design includes lions playing with balls, geometric interlace, paired running animals, a crescent moon containing cloud scrolls and a circle with radiating petals containing the signature of the weaver, 'Abd al-Aziz'.\r\nFlat strip cut from double-sided metal coated, vegetable tanned leather. 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