A LARGE COPTIC TEXTILE TUNIC

CIRCA 8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.

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A LARGE COPTIC TEXTILE TUNIC
CIRCA 8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
With decorative neckband, sleeve bands, hem and clavi in blue, green, yellow and red, the rectangular neck band with red background decorated with a frieze of six standing figures each wearing polychrome calf-length tunic, their right arms bent in front, the left at their sides, above them two further friezes, one with animals, the clavi, hem and sleeve bands decorated with frontally facing human figures alternating with plants on a red ground, flanked by two green stripes, repaired, with frame
Tunic 43¾ x 39¾ in. (1.11 x 1.01 m.) approx.

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
H. P. Howie, The Conservation of a Coptic Tunic, The Textile Conservation Centre and The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, 1989 (a copy accompanies this lot).

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