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LOT 0431

Coptic Textile Fragment Collection

4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.

5 - 25 3/4 in. (450 grams total, 12.5-65.5 cm).

Mixed group, mainly decorative elements (clavi, orbiculi, tabulae) from various tunics made in late Antiquity; decoration partly figural (animals and mythical hybrid creatures, mostly in a separate tondo or panel) and partly ornamental (interlace patterns, lozenges, pomegranate borders, chevrons, heart-shaped leaves).

Provenance

with Christie's London, 27 April 1976, no.91 & 92.

Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00136676.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

See Pritchard, F., Clothing Culture: Dress in Egypt in the First Millennium AD, Manchester, 2006, pp.74-75, for discussion.

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LOT 0431

Coptic Textile Fragment Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £494

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