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A COPTIC TEXTILE FRAGMENT WITH HORSEMAN

CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D.

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A COPTIC TEXTILE FRAGMENT WITH HORSEMAN
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D.
The polychrome fragment with part of horse head and rider remaining, the horse with striped mane and details of harness, the rider with head turned back, curved foliate border above; and a Coptic textile roundel with two facing hunters, in red, green, blue and brown, two stylized hounds by their feet, and two baskets of fruit between them, circa 6th-7th Century A.D., framed and glazed
7 7/8 x 5½ in. (20 x 14 cm.) max. and 7½ in. (19 cm.) diam. respectively (2)
Provenance
Item two: acquired in 1958 from Jacques Matoussian.
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Seltene Antike Koptische, Islamische und Präkolumbianische Stoffe Sowie Teile Alter Vorderasiatischer Teppiche, Galerie Heidi Vollmoeller, Zurich, 2001, 10, p. 40, no. 0383 (item one) and p. 18, no. 030 (item two).

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