A LARGE GROUP OF COPTIC WOOL AND LINEN TEXTILE FRAGMENTS
拍品 183PROPERTY FROM A DUTCH PRIVATE COLLECTION

A LARGE GROUP OF COPTIC WOOL AND LINEN TEXTILE FRAGMENTS

CIRCA 3RD-10TH CENTURY A.D.

已結束2008年4月30日

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A LARGE GROUP OF COPTIC WOOL AND LINEN TEXTILE FRAGMENTS
CIRCA 3RD-10TH CENTURY A.D.
Mostly clavi, roundels and decorative fragments from tunics, including a large roundel in dark purple with fine cream embroidered interlacing patterns, within double interlocked chains, a cross-shaped motif alongside, 17¾ x 15 in. (45 x 38 cm.) max.; two similar large roundels with fine cream embroidered patterns, 12¼ in. (31 cm.) diam. max., all 4th-5th Century A.D.; a clavus on red wool background, with stylized figures arranged head to toe, on dark blue, 12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm.) long, circa 8th-10th Century A.D.; an arm band with details in dark brown, with stylized dancing figures and animals in offset linking frames; another similar, both 9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) long; a clavus in dark blue with fine cream embroidered interlacing patterns, a rectangular panel with a stylized dancing figure flanked by roundels with lions on either side, 15¾ in. (40 cm.) long, all circa 5th-6th Century A.D.; and a large quantity of other fragments, circa 3rd-7th Century A.D.(a lot)

Dutch private collection; acquired by the present owner's father, a classical scholar, prior to 1975.

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A Dutch report with details of the textiles accompanies this lot.

Item five: cf. S. Schrenk, Textilen des Mittelmeerraumes aus spätantiker bis frühislamischer Zeit, Riggisberg, 2004, p. 154, no. 51 for similar arm bands; and for a discussion of this type, J. Trilling, The Roman Heritage: Textiles from Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean 300 to 600 A.D., Washington D.C., 1982, p. 67, no. 59.