Lot Essay
Cf. Textiles of Late Antiquity, The Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1995, p. 9, fig. 4, no. 18 for similar with a quail.
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D.
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A COPTIC TEXTILE FRAGMENT OF A BIRD
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D.
Surrounded by a circular foliate wreath, all brightly coloured in blue, brown, green, orange, red and yellow, within a rectilinear border decorated with dark brown and red vine leaves, mounted, 9¾ x 6¾ in. (24.8 x 17.2 cm.) max.; another textile fragment on a maroon ground with decorative friezes in yellow, mounted, 8.7/8 x 6 in. (22.6 x 15.2 cm.) max.; and two other textile fragments, 10th Century A.D. and later, all mounted in single glazed frame
Frame 22¾ x 14.3/8 in. (57.7 x 36.4 cm.)
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D.
Surrounded by a circular foliate wreath, all brightly coloured in blue, brown, green, orange, red and yellow, within a rectilinear border decorated with dark brown and red vine leaves, mounted, 9¾ x 6¾ in. (24.8 x 17.2 cm.) max.; another textile fragment on a maroon ground with decorative friezes in yellow, mounted, 8.7/8 x 6 in. (22.6 x 15.2 cm.) max.; and two other textile fragments, 10th Century A.D. and later, all mounted in single glazed frame
Frame 22¾ x 14.3/8 in. (57.7 x 36.4 cm.)