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LOT 0028
Egyptian Mounted Coptic Textile with Animals
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
27 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. (138 grams, 70 x 18.2 cm).
Comprising a clavus decorated with various bright colours (green, brown, pink, blue, yellow) with stiff animal figures (dragons and stylised eagles) and a cockerel(?) inside the orbiculus. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Forrer, Die Graeber und Textilfunde von Achmim-Panopolis, Strassburg, 1891, pl.XIII, no.4, for similar.
FootnotesTabby technique on linen and wool. It is highly probable that this tapestry was part of a tunic decoration, the clavus with preserved orbiculus, running vertically on the breast and on the back of it.
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