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LOT 0414
Egyptian Mounted Coptic Textile with Figures
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
24 7/8 x 7 in. (120 grams, 62 x 18 cm).
Comprising a clavus decorated with various bright colours (green, brown, blue, yellow) with stylised human figures vertically arranged upon a red background and separated by foliage decoration, vegetal pattern inside the orbiculus, polychrome dowel frame with an articulated and rounded profile, all upon linen background with roped border. [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.168-171, nos.42 A-B, for similar textile figures and warp.
FootnotesTapestry 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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