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Origin: Egpyt
Circa: 4 th Century AD to 5 th Century AD
Dimensions: 22.25" (56.5cm) high x 27.20" (69.1cm) wide
Collection: Egyptian Art
A late 4th/Early 5th Century AD Coptic Textile panel in tapestry weave, with warp of natural linen and weft of various shades of brown, green, purple, red, and deep blue, the central element depicting the bust of a youth wearing a garment passing over his left shoulder and holding a duck in his arms, the border made in the early 20th Century of several disconnected Coptic textile medallions, probably from the same hanging as the figure, containing leafage and running lions and dogs. - (SP.111)
Antiquities
Ancient Egyptian
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