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LOT 0516
Egyptian Coptic Tunic Tablion Textile Fragment with Image of a Servant
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (3.05 grams, 95 x 95 mm).
Comprising a tablion in linen and wool, showing a figure of a man clad in tunica paragaudata inside a roundel, carrying hunting cages, lily flowers in each corner. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Del Francia Barocas, L., Museo dell'Alto Medioevo, Roma, I materiali Copti, p.88, nos.7 A-B, for a similar textile.
FootnotesThe scene may depict a servant of some patrician engaged in hunting activities. Of particular note is the man's tunic, decorated with clavi, orbiculi, and segmenta.
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LOT 0516
Egyptian Coptic Tunic Tablion Textile Fragment with Image of a Servant
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £135
Modelled in the round figure of a child crouching holding a bird close to his chest; socket to each ear; mounted on a custom-made stand. 67.4 grams total, 5 cm, 10 cm high including stand
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Egyptian Coptic Tunic Textile Fragments of Segmenta and Orbiculus with Geometric Decoration
Circa 4h-8th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Large Egyptian Black-Topped Vase Fragment
Predynastic Period, Naqada II, circa 3900–3400 B.C.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £15
Curved in section with applied findspot label 'Abydos Ur(sic) el Gaab'. 166 grams, 13.6 cm
Found at Umm el-Ga'ab, Abydos, Egypt. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
Umm el-Qa'ab is Arabic for 'mother of pots', referring to the mounds of Predynastic and later pottery left by ancient pilgrims and more recent excavators.
