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LOT 0474
Egyptian Mounted Coptic Textile
CIRCA 5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
16 3/4 x 13 3/8 in. (152 grams, 42.5 x 34 cm).
Comprising a double band of purple wool over linen, the ornament consisting of a series of circles alternating with a star-shaped and rhomboid decoration. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Literature
Cf. Forrer, R., Die frühchristlichen Alterthümer aus dem Gräberfelde von Achmin-Panopolis, Strassburg, 1893, pl.XVIII, no.6, for similar.
Footnotes
The large segments can be classified as clavi, although they are not part of a tunic but more possibly borders of a curtain, or a funerary sheet. Mantles and funerary shrouds were usually decorated by wide bands along the lower border, imitating the ornaments of tunics with clavi and orbiculi.
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