A COPTIC LEATHER CLAVUS

CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.

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A COPTIC LEATHER CLAVUS
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
The tunic decoration with rectangular and circular glass inlays, including roundels of gold sandwich glass, two showing profile female heads, one with cross and one with chequerboard design, with gilt remains
15¼ in. (38.6 cm.) long

Provenance

Boel collection, Belgium, late 1960s-1970s.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
A. Provoost et al., De Materiële Cultuur van de Eerste Christenen, Leuven, 1983, no. 15.64, pl. 286.

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