CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D.

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A COPTIC TEXTILE FRAGMENT WITH A PARTRIDGE
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D.
In profile to right within a roundel with red ground, surrounded by four-petalled rosettes; and another Coptic polychrome textile fragment with frieze of running lions either side of a naked figure, the borders of zigzag, both mounted, framed and glazed
2½ x 3¾ in. (6.5 x 9.5 cm.) and 7 x 3 1/8 in. (18 x 8 cm.) respectively (2)

Provenance

Acquired in 1960 from Jacques Matoussian.

Special notice

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

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Seltene Antike Koptische, Islamische und Präkolumbianische Stoffe Sowie Teile Alter Vorderasiatischer Teppiche, Galerie Heidi Vollmoeller, Zurich, 2001, 10, p. 32, no. 0225 and p. 6, no. 0174 respectively.

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