Egypt, Coptic Culture, ca. 5th to 8th century CE. A beautiful collection of 6 fragments from hand woven cotton and wool textiles, mounted on cardstock or upon modern cotton panels and framed by matboards. The single mounted square board has a tightly woven piece of dark blue and white fibers- the colors now slightly green and brown in areas, but the motifs are discernable: hunters and animals and an oval boarder around a man upon a horse. The 2 textiles in the matte frame have a repeating pattern- one with lions within circles and the other of standing anthropomorphic figures and foliage. The largest matboard has 2 large panels, both depicting blue figures in tunics or togas within an arched border. The final textile along the bottom has a deep brown with abstract white zoomorphs. These textiles were used in burial, the dry desert environment preserving these pieces for over a thousand years! Size of textile fragment w/ horse: 7.5" L x 6.5" W (19 cm x 16.5 cm); board: 10.375" L x 10" W (26.4 cm x 25.4 cm)

Provenance: private San Francisco, California, USA collection, acquired 1970s to 2000s

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Textiles in matboard frames are mounted on modern cotton backings via threads. The smallest fragment is glued to the board. Fragments of larger pieces as shown, tearing, fraying and staining. Unraveling to periphery on narrow band textile. Discoloration and mineral deposits throughout. Matboards have some light discoloration and staining.