5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A LONG COPTIC BORDER FRAGMENT
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
Woven in dark red on a cream ground with a central band of linked roundels each containing a snarling lion, two roundels woven in cream on a red ground, each with a stylized figure below a floral arch, bands of guilloche either side, 82 in. (208 cm.) long; and a group of 18 other Coptic textile tunic fragments, all woven in dark red or brown including four decorative squares each with two pairs of addorsed animals; and five double decorative bands filled with stylized animals and foliate designs, all 4th-7th Century A.D., 10½ in. (27 cm.) long max. (19)
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
Woven in dark red on a cream ground with a central band of linked roundels each containing a snarling lion, two roundels woven in cream on a red ground, each with a stylized figure below a floral arch, bands of guilloche either side, 82 in. (208 cm.) long; and a group of 18 other Coptic textile tunic fragments, all woven in dark red or brown including four decorative squares each with two pairs of addorsed animals; and five double decorative bands filled with stylized animals and foliate designs, all 4th-7th Century A.D., 10½ in. (27 cm.) long max. (19)
Provenance
Japanese private collection, acquired in the 1960s.
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