Lot Essay
Item two: cf. A. De Moor (ed.), Coptic Textiles from Flemish private collections, Zottegem, 1993, pp. 240-242, nos. 130-132 for similar.
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CIRCA 7TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A COPTIC TEXTILE PANEL FROM A CHILD'S TUNIC
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY A.D.
From the front or back of the garment with two clavi and a horizontal neck band, with blue, green, pink and red petalled motifs with central face and a red arcaded surround, textile 17.5/8 x 9¾ in. (44.7 x 24.7 cm.) max.; a long rectangular textile panel with a blue wool background, three hexagonals infilled with diamond-shaped motifs between two 'snow-flake'-shaped motifs, circa 7th-9th Century A.D., textile 24 x 4¾ in. (61 x 12 cm.) max.; a rectangular textile fragment with a purplish-brown background decorated with birds and human figures, details in green and red, 7th-8th Century A.D., textile 15 x 6 in. (38.1 x 15.2 cm.) max.; another rectangular textile fragment, brown on a light buff background, friezes of birds, fish, human figures and plant motifs, 5th-6th Century A.D., textile 18 x 9 in. (45.7 x 22.8 cm.) max., all framed (4)
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY A.D.
From the front or back of the garment with two clavi and a horizontal neck band, with blue, green, pink and red petalled motifs with central face and a red arcaded surround, textile 17.5/8 x 9¾ in. (44.7 x 24.7 cm.) max.; a long rectangular textile panel with a blue wool background, three hexagonals infilled with diamond-shaped motifs between two 'snow-flake'-shaped motifs, circa 7th-9th Century A.D., textile 24 x 4¾ in. (61 x 12 cm.) max.; a rectangular textile fragment with a purplish-brown background decorated with birds and human figures, details in green and red, 7th-8th Century A.D., textile 15 x 6 in. (38.1 x 15.2 cm.) max.; another rectangular textile fragment, brown on a light buff background, friezes of birds, fish, human figures and plant motifs, 5th-6th Century A.D., textile 18 x 9 in. (45.7 x 22.8 cm.) max., all framed (4)
Provenance
Item one: formerly in The Kevorkian Foundation.