5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
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A FINELY WOVEN COPTIC TEXTILE FRAGMENT WITH FIGURE HOLDING A BASKET
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
Woven in red on a cream gound, with delicate scrolling fruiting tendrils surrounding oval-shaped medallions, one with standing figure, cloak draped over arm, holding a laden basket, bands of linked circles with fleur-de-lis either side
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) long
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
Woven in red on a cream gound, with delicate scrolling fruiting tendrils surrounding oval-shaped medallions, one with standing figure, cloak draped over arm, holding a laden basket, bands of linked circles with fleur-de-lis either side
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Japanese private collection, acquired in the 1960s.
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