A COPTIC TEXTILE FRAGMENT WITH LOOPS

CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.

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A COPTIC TEXTILE FRAGMENT WITH LOOPS
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
With square panel decorated in dark brown, the centre with four urns sprouting foliage enclosed between two 'figure-of-eight' leafy vine tendrils, the border composed of diamond motifs with central animal, including a hare, hound, lion and birds, each of the four corners decorated with a human bust, on a woven background with long loops, mounted, 22.1/8 x 20 in. (56.2 x 50.8 cm.) max., framed and glazed
Frame 25¾ x 24½ in. (65.3 x 62.2 cm.)

Lot Essay

Cf. J. Trilling, The Roman Heritage: textiles from Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean 300 to 600 A.D., The Textile Museum, Washington, 1982, pp. 37 and 81, nos. 14 and 84; D. Thompson, Coptic Textiles, The Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1971, pp. 34-35, no. 12; and L. Kybalová, Textiles, London, 1967, p. 100, no. 51 for similar textiles of animals and plants on loop backgrounds.

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