ROMAN PERIOD COPTIC FABRICS AND PAPYRUS

Roman Period, Ca. AD 100 - 600.
A collection of five pieces of fabric. The top left is a rectangular fragment of a tunic decorated with a long black stripe depicting a stylised human. It is adorned with waves, dots and floral motifs in three registes and dated to the 6th century AD. The second is a square piece of a burial shroud in red on white depicting a man in a cave and a medallion with an animal. it is dated between the 3th - 5th century AD. The next is a papyrus fragment with an inscription of probably demotic language dated to the Coptic Period (1st - 3rd Century AD.). Bottom right is a square piece of Coptic fabric featuring black and white designs, depicting a geometrical centre motif in a frame. It is dated to 4th - 5th Century AD. To the left is a rectangular fragment of Coptic fabric made in black and red on brown showing an animal scene on the left and a floral motif in frame shape on the right. It is probably an insert of a tunic and is dated similarly to the former. The final piece of fabric is a medallion realised in red, yellow and black depicting a geometric concentrical motif, dated to 5th - 6th Century AD. For similar see: Il tessuto nell'arte antica, 1966, fig. 4, 6, 21 and 22.
Size: 220-455mm x 220-310mm; Weight: 4.49kg (with frames)
Provenance: Property of an American collector, acquired from the US estate collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.