Description:

Egypt, Coptic culture, ca. 300 to 450 CE. A wonderful gathering of three textile fragments comprised of tightly-woven natural cotton fibers in hues of beige, espresso, coffee, cream, and olive-green. The top fragment features a pair of standing figures, one nude and holding a tall staff, and the other wearing a lengthy robe while holding a goblet or a sphere, all surrounded by abstract roses and grape vines. One lower fragment shows a pair of encircled nude figures with three-fingered hands, lobed coiffures, and hanging phalluses, with repeating cresting waves around the peripheries. The third fragment features a nude female dancer with an elegant, dark-brown body among a cream-hued ground with one arm hanging down past her posterior. A lovely collection of early Coptic artistry! Size of largest (top fragment): 5.5" W x 5.5" H (14 cm x 14 cm); size (frame): 11.1" W x 14.1" H (28.2 cm x 35.8 cm).

Provenance: private Ventura County, California, USA collection

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  • Condition: All items are fragments of larger textile compositions. All items have losses and loosening to areas of interior and peripheral fibers, with fading and staining to original pigmentation, and light creasing. Iconography is still easily visible.

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