Egyptian Coptic Textile Fragment

CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.

3 in. (10 grams total including package, 76 mm).

Small fragment of a garment in yellow, green and red wool, S torsion, embroidered with female heads wearing high propoloma. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.

Literature

Cf. Calament, F., Durand, M., Antinoé, á la vie, á la mode, visions d’élégance dans les solitudes, Lyon, 2013, cat.144, for similar textile.

Footnotes

This fragment was most likely part of a tapestry medallion with symbolic figures, likely linked to the Christian cult or, perhaps, to the Dionysian iconography. These figures could surround Tyche (a city's patron deity) or a figure of Christ or Saints.

CONDITION

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