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LOT 0443
Egyptian Mounted Coptic Textile with Crenellated Blossoms
CIRCA 5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
25 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. (264 grams, 64 x 37 cm).
Part of a tunic, the rectangular segment in yellow and green linen and wool, the central part decorated with interlaced geometric motifs, surrounded by an edge of similar motifs and border edged of crenellated blossoms. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Literature
Cf. Pritchard, F., Clothing Culture: Dress in Egypt in the First Millennium AD,, Manchester, 2006, pp.74-75, and fig.4.23, for similar textile style.
Footnotes
Among the many fragments from wool tunics are several long strips that match to form nearly full-length central pectoral clavi. They are patterned with a profusion of small figures or interlaced abstract designs, birds, plants and animals with a contrasting border filled with geometric motifs.
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LOT 0443
Egyptian Mounted Coptic Textile with Crenellated Blossoms
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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