Egyptian Coptic Woven Textile Fragment
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**Originally Listed At $250**
Egypt, Coptic culture, ca. 100 to 200 CE. A lovely textile fragment formed from tightly-woven cotton fibers in hues of black, gold, purple, red, green, and cream. The exterior lining displays a dense register of abstract geometric and linear motifs with traces of a gold and black fringe panel along one side. The colorful interior panel shows a pair of abstract figures standing abreast while wearing knee-length skirts, their arms folded to their sides, and all surrounded with a segmented red-and-green border. Mounted within a wooden frame lined with a red lining. Size (textile): 4.875" W x 6.625" H (12.4 cm x 16.8 cm); size (frame): 11.9" W x 13.875" H (30.2 cm x 35.2 cm).
Provenance: private San Francisco, California, USA collection, acquired 1970s to 2000s
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most Antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
#136871
Egypt, Coptic culture, ca. 100 to 200 CE. A lovely textile fragment formed from tightly-woven cotton fibers in hues of black, gold, purple, red, green, and cream. The exterior lining displays a dense register of abstract geometric and linear motifs with traces of a gold and black fringe panel along one side. The colorful interior panel shows a pair of abstract figures standing abreast while wearing knee-length skirts, their arms folded to their sides, and all surrounded with a segmented red-and-green border. Mounted within a wooden frame lined with a red lining. Size (textile): 4.875" W x 6.625" H (12.4 cm x 16.8 cm); size (frame): 11.9" W x 13.875" H (30.2 cm x 35.2 cm).
Provenance: private San Francisco, California, USA collection, acquired 1970s to 2000s
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most Antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
#136871
Condition
Minor fraying and separation to interior and peripheral threads, some fading to coloration, and some losses.
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Egyptian Coptic Woven Textile Fragment
Estimate $450 - $675
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