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Estimate
GBP (£) 80 - 100
EUR (€) 93 - 116
USD ($) 107 - 134
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) (+bp*)
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
5 5/8 - 8 in. (66 grams total including package, 14.3-20.3 cm).
Comprising: a large fragment of a segmentum in white and red linen and wool, S torsion, borders embroidered with meanders, the central scene representing running hares; a purple on linen fragment of a clavus representing a dancer, borders with geometric decoration; and a large fragment of a tablion, ornamented with images of fishes, birds and vegetal patterns in red, green, yellow and dark blue wool, the central tondo missing. [3, No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Del Francia Barocas, L., Museo dell'Alto Medioevo, Roma, I materiali Copti, pp.148-149, for similar textiles.
FOOTNOTES:
Water plant elements are scattered across the bottom of the tablion, which is decorated with water birds; these decorations likely surrounded the image of a nereid. These abstract decorations show a strong stylisation often giving the marine animals a plant-like appearance.
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