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Estimate
GBP (£) 40 - 60
EUR (€) 46 - 69
USD ($) 54 - 80
(1 Bid, Reserve met)
CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/2 - 13 in. (41 grams total including package, 19-33 cm).
Comprising a large segmentum in linen and wool, with a hare and nereid, wool purple on linen, S torsion, borders with dentellid decoration; two other segmenta in wool and linen, part of clavi, with floral and vegetal embroidery. [2, 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, p.98, for similar textiles.
FOOTNOTES:
The theme of rabbits or hares, in association with other characters and animals of the Dionysian thiasos (here a nereid), has notable parallels. Such representations are linked to narratives of the Dionysian cycle.
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