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CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A COPTIC TEXTILE FRAGMENT WITH A BIRD
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
The band with a dark indigo background, decorated with a central profile bird in yellow and green with orange details, flanked by two rosettes and two flowering plants, to either side an orange band decorated with flowering plants, framed
Textile 9½ x 3¼ in. (24.2 x 8.9 cm.) max.
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
The band with a dark indigo background, decorated with a central profile bird in yellow and green with orange details, flanked by two rosettes and two flowering plants, to either side an orange band decorated with flowering plants, framed
Textile 9½ x 3¼ in. (24.2 x 8.9 cm.) max.
Provenance
Leopold Iklé (1838-1922): sold Christie's, London, 7 November 1989, lot 103.