Lot Essay
Cf. J. Trilling, op. cit, pp. 94-95, nos. 106-107 for similar.
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CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
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A COPTIC POLYCHROME TEXTILE FRAGMENT FROM A LARGE HANGING
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
Showing two figures and part of a third, standing frontally facing, wearing long tunics, all with both arms raised in adoration, wide-eyed with short black hair, an alcove above with an eagle with arching upright wings, in blue, green, ochre, orange, red and yellow, mounted on later textile backing
Textile 38 x 21½ in. (96.5 x 54.5 cm.) max.
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
Showing two figures and part of a third, standing frontally facing, wearing long tunics, all with both arms raised in adoration, wide-eyed with short black hair, an alcove above with an eagle with arching upright wings, in blue, green, ochre, orange, red and yellow, mounted on later textile backing
Textile 38 x 21½ in. (96.5 x 54.5 cm.) max.
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