A COPTIC TEXTILE FRAGMENT WITH FRINGE

CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.

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A COPTIC TEXTILE FRAGMENT WITH FRINGE
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
On a purple background flanked by orange borders, with central rectangle decorated with two standing figures, with bands of octagonal motifs on either side each infilled with a central cross, a fringe below, textile 9¾ x 8¼ in. (24.7 x 21 cm.) max.; another square textile fragment from a similar band, with central frontally facing figure within an octagon, with hooks in each hand, flanked above and below by lions within octagons, interlaced bands to either side, textile 6¾ in. (17.3 cm.) square; and a small plain textile fragment, all circa 6th Century A.D., all framed (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. J. Trilling, The Roman Heritage: textiles from Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean 300 to 600 AD, The Textile Museum, Washington D.C., 1982, pp. 86-87, nos 92 and 94 for two textiles with decoration closely related to the above two examples.

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