Lot Essay
Cf. S. Schrenk, Textilien des Mittelmeerraumes aus spätantiker bis frühislamischer Zeit, Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg, 2004, pp. 273-278, nos. 114-116 and pp. 319-323, nos. 146-148 for similar.
7TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A CENTRAL ASIAN OR EGYPTIAN SILK CLAVUS FRAGMENT
7TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
Woven in dark indigo and cream with stylized trees and flowers, with scrolling foliate borders, mounted; and a similar fragment woven in red and gold silk with scrolling foliate roundel, 7th-9th Century A.D.
30 in. (76 cm.) long and 7 in. (18 cm.) wide respectively (2)
7TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
Woven in dark indigo and cream with stylized trees and flowers, with scrolling foliate borders, mounted; and a similar fragment woven in red and gold silk with scrolling foliate roundel, 7th-9th Century A.D.
30 in. (76 cm.) long and 7 in. (18 cm.) wide respectively (2)
Provenance
Japanese private collection, acquired in the 1960s.
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