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LOT 0404
Coptic Decorative Textile with Figures
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
25 5/8 x 18 1/2 in. (2.14 kg total, 65 x 47 cm).
Linen and wool, Quadratic textile fragment with brown frame, several stylised human and zoomorphic figures as well as vegetal elements in front of a yellow background; another, smaller brown frame with green background and further figures, probably a segmentum from a tunic, fixed on linen, minor lacunae.
Provenance
London art market, 2009.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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