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LOT 0072
Large Egyptian Coptic Male Textile Tunic Embroided with Segmenta, Clavi, and Orbiculi with Human Figures
CIRCA 7TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
40 1/8 x 30 in. (1.03 kg total including paper folder, 102 x 76 cm).
Complete tunic patterned with a large tapestry-woven neck panel in red and green wool, with three descending clavi divided into three pendant terminals, the inside ornamented with geometric patterns; the red wool used as twining to outline the edge of the neck and the clavi; two small orbiculi visible on the shoulders in dark blue wool, two other orbiculi applied on the thighs, on both sides of the tunic, two of them decorated with a warrior dwarf holding a shield in green, red and yellow wool; the short sleeves ornamented with four stripes (loroi) in dark red, dark blue, blue-purple and green wool; lateral red clavi running along the sides; the sides and the sleeves finished with short fringes of twisted loops. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Pritchard, F., Clothing culture, Dress in Egypt in the collection of The Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester, Manchester, 2006, pp.83ff., figs.4.41-4.44, for similar textiles.
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LOT 0072
Large Egyptian Coptic Male Textile Tunic Embroided with Segmenta, Clavi, and Orbiculi with Human Figures
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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