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LOT 0525
Egyptian Coptic Textile Fragment Group
5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 - 9 in. (61 grams total including package, 6-23 cm).
Comprising: a decorative tunic stripe (clavus) ending with circular decorations (orbiculus), in dark brown wool, S-twist tapestry, borders meander decorated; two orbiculi in white and black wool over yellow linen, S-twist tapestry, embroidered with geometric motifs. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Forrer, R., Die Graeber und Textilfunde von Achmim Panopolis, Strassburg, 1891, pl.X, no.1, for a similar clavus.
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