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CIRCA 5TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
TWO COPTIC TEXTILE FRAGMENTS
CIRCA 5TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
Comprising a tapestry-woven red-legged quail in profile to the right, circa 4th-5th Century A.D.; and another purple and brown fragment with figure of a horseman holding up a wreath, four birds in quarter, circa 5th-7th Century A.D.
5½ in. (14 cm.) wide max. (2)
CIRCA 5TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
Comprising a tapestry-woven red-legged quail in profile to the right, circa 4th-5th Century A.D.; and another purple and brown fragment with figure of a horseman holding up a wreath, four birds in quarter, circa 5th-7th Century A.D.
5½ in. (14 cm.) wide max. (2)
Provenance
The Groppi Collection, Switzerland; acquired in the 1920s-1940s.
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