CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D.

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A COPTIC TEXTILE FRAGMENT WITH ROUNDELS
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D.
The central roundel showing a huntsman with curly hair, naked except for cape and tall boots, holding a rectangular shield before a bounding leopard, twelve further roundels surrounding the scene, filled with alternate stylized trees and recumbent animals including lions, dog, panther, and a rabbit, the whole with triangular motif border, glaze cracked
13½ x 12½ in. (34.4 x 31.8 cm.)

Provenance

Heidi Vollmoeller collection: acquired in 1961 from Koutoulakis, Paris.

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. 20, no. 59.

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