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LOT 0556
Egyptian Coptic Textile Fragment Group
CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
6 - 8 5/8 in. (41 grams total including package, 15.5-22 cm).
Comprising: a decorative tunic stripe (clavus) in purple wool over coarse linen, S-twist tapestry, embroidered with floral medallions and stylised plants, borders decorated with meanders; fragment of a segmentum, in yellow, red green and brown wool, S-twist tapestry, divided in two sections, embroidered with a stylised human figure and geometric interlacing. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Literature
Cf. Gayet, M. Al., Le Costume en Egypte, du IIIe au XIIIe Siecle, Paris, 1900, no. 104, p.134, for similar style of clavus; De Moor, A., 'Radiocarbon dating of ancient textiles.State of research' in De Moor, A., Fluck, C., Methods of dating ancient textiles of the 1st Millennium AD from Egypt and neighbouring countries, Tielt, 2007, pp.99-111, fig.4.
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