CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D.

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A COPTIC TEXTILE TUNIC PANEL WITH RED RABBITS
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D.
The square panel with mainly red woven details, comprising a seated figure holding out a fruit-laden bowl surrounded by ten running rabbits and foliate motifs, mounted and glazed
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) sq. approx.

Provenance

Heidi Vollmoeller collection: acquired in 1975.

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. 246.

Cf. J. Trilling, The Roman Heritage, Textiles from Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean 300 to 600 A.D., Washington, 1982, p. 34, no. 8 for a similar roundel and a reference to two further examples in the Louvre.

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