A COPTIC TEXTILE TUNIC PANEL
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A COPTIC TEXTILE TUNIC PANEL

CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D.

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A COPTIC TEXTILE TUNIC PANEL
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D.
The square panel with polychrome details, with two naked figures, one astride a crocodile, the other holding a bird, in a field filled with foliate motifs, fish and birds, 5¼ in. (13.4 cm.) sq. approx.; a tunic fragment with roundel, woven in polychrome with a central tondo of two figures, perhaps representing Adam and Eve, the woman naked save for a long cloak, the man wearing short cloak, red pantaloons and leaning on staff, the border with foliate motifs, two birds and two large fish, circa 6th-7th Century A.D., 7 in. (18 cm.) diam. approx.; and another roundel fragment woven with the naked figure of kneeling Venus, wearing bead necklace, arms upraised, with two erotes flying above holding a crown, 4th-5th Century A.D., 4 in. (10 cm.) diam. approx. (3)
来源
Private Canadian collection, acquired late 1980s/early 1990s.
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拍品专文

Item three: cf. L. Kybalová, Coptic Textiles, London, 1967, p. 76, no. 25 for similar style.