Lot 181
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A LARGE COPTIC POLYCHROME TEXTILE WITH POMEGRANATE TREE

4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.

Details
A LARGE COPTIC POLYCHROME TEXTILE WITH POMEGRANATE TREE
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
Brightly coloured, with upward spreading branches emerging from the straight trunk, laden with the rounded fruit and large blade-shaped leaves, mounted
45 in. (114 cm.) high
Provenance
Japanese private collection, acquired in the 1960s.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium Please note that the lots of Iranian origin are subject to U.S. trade restrictions which currently prohibit the import into the United States. Similar restrictions may apply in other countries.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
A. Stauffer, Textiles d'Egypte de la collection Bouvier, Bern, 1991, p. 37, fig. 2.

Cf. Stauffer, op. cit., pp. 35-53, for a discussion on similar trees.

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