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LOT 0447
Egyptian Coptic Textile Fragment Group
CIRCA 4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 - 10 1/2 in. (67 grams total including package, 10.7-26.6 cm).
Comprising: a fragment of a segmentum in white linen and blue wool, D torsion, with remains of a medallion embroidered with architectonical ornaments; fragment of an orbiculus in linen and red, brown, yellow and blue wool, S torsion, embroidered with vegetal patterns and the central images of an animal; a further fragment of an orbiculus in white linen and red, white, black wool, S torsion, embroidered with floral buds, a tetragamma and animals; a beautiful fragment of clavus, purple wool on linen, embroidered with lions catching birds. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Del Francia Barocas, L., Antinoe, Cent’anni dopo,catalogo della mostra, Firenze, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, 10 Luglio – 1 novembre 1998, p.76, for similar textiles.
FootnotesScenes featuring personified animals first appeared during the early Pharaonic period and continued through to the Coptic era. These animals are often featured in scenes of music and dance, or processions linked with Dionysiac iconography.
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Egyptian Amulet Bead Collection
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Including a scaraboid, ribbed leaf, recumbent feline, and other types. 2.79 grams total, 8.3-14.7 mm
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016. -
Very Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph of the Temple of Edfou
Early 19th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Proof etching on laid paper of plate 52 from Vol.I of Description de l'Égypte : ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française. entitled Edfou (Apollinopolis magna. Coupe et élévation intérieure du pylône du grand temple. 230 grams, 105.5 x 69 cm
From the collection of a North American priest. Acquired between 1981-1996. Property of a North American collector.
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Phoenician Glass Bead Collection
Circa 600-400 B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £65
Four beads with a core of dark blue glass embedded with dispersed canes fused into the matrix, creating varied patterns in red, blue, white, and green, possibly Hebron. 19.6 grams total, 14-19 mm
Prince collection, 1990s-2014. Ex private collection 1970s-1990s.
