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LOT 0497

Coptic Textile Section with Figures and Animals

4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.

12 x 9 in. (577 grams total, 30.5 x 23 cm).

Rectangular panel of woven fabric with borders of discs each with a lion passant, midian band with standing human figures and regardant beasts between; mounted in a glazed frame.

Provenance

Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Private collection, London.
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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LOT 0497

Coptic Textile Section with Figures and Animals

Sold for (Inc. bp): £338

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