Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

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Property from a Swiss Private Collection

A Collection of Coptic Textiles, circa 4th/8th century A.D.

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July 6, 12:36 PM GMT

Estimate

1,200 - 1,800 GBP

Lot Details

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Property from a Swiss Private Collection

A Collection of Coptic Textiles

circa 4th/8th century A.D.


mounted in eight frames, the designs including highly stylized human figures, a dancing maenad, liturgical symbols, interlaced geometric and foliate motifs, a large palmette, and roundels with dense human and animal motifs.

Approx. sizes 13.5 x 8.5 to 15.5 x 71 cm.; the palmette 30 x 17 cm.

Carl Leonhard Burckhardt (b. 1902, Basel, d. 1965, Alexandria)
thence by descent

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