A LARGE COPTIC REDDISH-BROWN WOOL AND LINEN PANEL

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PROPERTY FROM THE BOUVIER COLLECTION Provenance: lots 211-220 are from the Bouvier collection which include textiles acquired between 1930-1960 by Maurice Bouvier (1901-1981). An exhibition of some of his collection was held from 25 October 1991 - 5 January 1992 in Fribourg, Germany, and published in A. Stauffer's Textiles d'Egypte de la collection Bouvier, Museé d'art et d'histoire Fribourg, Bern, 1991.

A LARGE COPTIC REDDISH-BROWN WOOL AND LINEN PANEL

10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

Details

A LARGE COPTIC REDDISH-BROWN WOOL AND LINEN PANEL
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
With two roundels and two fringed borders, each roundel embroidered with a central motif of interlacing octagons surrounded by twelve similar designs with central and surrounding rosettes, mounted and glazed
34½ x 45½ in. (87 x 115.5 cm.)

Provenance

Bouvier collection.

Exhibited

Textiles d'Egypte de la collection Bouvier, Museé d'art et d'histoire Fribourg, 25 October 1991 - 5 January 1992.

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
A. Stauffer, Textiles d'Egypte de la collection Bouvier, Museé d'art et d'histoire Fribourg, Bern, 1991, no. 110, pl. on p. 217.

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