A COPTIC TEXTILE TUNIC FRAGMENT
7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
With two vertical clavi infilled with bud or leaf-shaped motifs in dark brown, bright blue, green, orange, red and yellow, between double borders of green zigzags with orange triangles between, mounted
15¾ x 13½ in. (40 x 34.2 cm.) max.
Lot Essay
Purchased at Lefevre & Partners (Auctioneers) Ltd, London, 29 May 1981, lot 18; a certificate accompanies this lot.