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LOT 0468
Framed Coptic Wool Garment Fragment with Female Heads
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
18 1/8 x 7 in. (728 grams total, 46 x 17.5 cm including frame).
Comprising a vertical arrangement of female heads wearing proplomas, alternating with green foliage; enclosed within a red-orange border with yellow bands, wave motifs to the edges; mounted in a custom-made glazed frame by Jean Bohne Pictures & Frames, New York, with a handwritten dedication to the reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of Mr Vladimir Gregorietch Simkhovitch (1874-1959), Professor of Economics at Columbia University, U.S.A.
Vladimir was a great collector of ancient art and works from his collection are kept in the Smithsonian Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of New York, and the Brooklyn Museum amongst others.
Literature
Cf. Del Francia Barocas, L., Museo dell'Alto Medioevo, Roma, I materiali Copti, pp.166-167, nos.41 A-B-C, for similar textile figures and warp.
Footnotes
The band was probably a segment from a curtain, carpet or parietal cover.
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