Description:

Egypt, Coptic, ca. 3rd to 6th century CE. A lovely Coptic (Christian Egyptian) textile woven in chocolate brown and russet red wool yarns against a natural tawny linen ground, featuring a rich decorative/iconographic program of stylized zoomorphic and phytomorphic forms within a panel bordered by tendril or stylized leg-like projections. The designs and motifs of Coptic and Byzantine textiles greatly influenced the visual culture of the early Islamic period. For example, swirling vines and geometric interlaces are often seen in Byzantine floor mosaics. Animals of course are one of the most favored figures of Egyptian art, from Predynastic times onward. Floating on a chocolate brown fabric mat in a glass-fronted wood rectangular shadow box frame. Size: textile measures 4.625" L x 12" W (11.7 cm x 30.5 cm); framed 9.75" L x 20.75" W (24.8 cm x 52.7 cm)

Provenance: Ex-private collection of Charles and Rita Colbert, acquired in the 1960's

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#120680

  • Condition: Fragment in two sections with losses and areas of looser weave as shown.

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