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LOT 0607
Large Egyptian Coptic Tunic Textile Fragment with Parallel Clavi and Images of Hunting Warriors and Animals
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
29 1/8 in. (148 grams total including paper folder, 74 cm).
Large portion of a tunic featuring pairs of 'clavi' decorated with an alternating sequence of shield-bearing hunters, lions, and rabbits; on the right lower side, an ornamental tabula; white linen warp with S-twist, tapestry-woven figures. [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.86, no.6, for a similar textile.
FootnotesThe theme of rabbits or hares, in association with other characters and animals of the Dionysian thiasos (like the lions), in a hunting setting, has notable parallels. Such representations are linked to narratives of the Dionysian cycle. However, the hunting scene—considered by the Romans the best exercise for military training—may imply a strong connection to the military context.
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LOT 0607
Large Egyptian Coptic Tunic Textile Fragment with Parallel Clavi and Images of Hunting Warriors and Animals
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Mummy Bead Winged Scarab and Four Sons of Horus
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising a beaded winged scarab with the Four Sons of Horus beneath. 24.2 grams, 10.5 cm
Ex Art Shop Windsor, 1990s. From a private UK collection.
Winged scarabs were often used as funerary amulets and were believed to symbolise the deceased's rebirth and regeneration. The Four Sons of Horus were deities who safeguarded the deceased's internal organs. The human-headed Imsety protected the liver, the baboon-headed Hapy the lungs, the jackal-headed Duamutef the stomach, and the falcon-headed Qebehsenuef the intestines. -
Egyptian Coptic Tunic Textile Fragments of Segmenta and Tablia with Figures, Animals and Geometric Decoration
Circa 5th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a large segmentum in linen and wool, with hares and lions, hunters with shields, purple wool on linen, S-torsion; fragment of a tabula with borders in dentellid decoration; a complete tabula in red, white and purple; small parts of a clavus with floral and animal embroidery. 27 grams total, 5.4-24.2 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
The fragments are decorative parts of tunics. These are fabrics of great decorative finesse, with some elements displaying an unusual and extremely well-preserved colour palette. -
Egyptian Blue Glazed Faience Amulet of the God Khnum
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Fragment with dorsal pillar and ram-headed deity, mounted on display stand. 13.72 grams total, 57 mm including stand
Acquired from S. Michael Greenford, circa June 1961, for 7 shillings and sixpence. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.91.
