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Description : Egypt, late Coptic to early Byzantine Empire, ca. 4th to 7th century CE. A beautiful copper-colored textile fragment featuring a pair of embroidered birds of paradise balancing in front of an inverted triangular vase. Each bird holds both wings out behind its slender body and holds its head up high towards a crown-like object hovering above them. Filling the vase are fruits and flowers of varying forms, and the lower periphery of the vessel has a pair of curling tendrils upon which the birds stand. Size: 13.5 W x 14 H (34.3 cm x 35.6 cm) Provenance: private A.G. collection, Chicago, Illinois, USA, before 2000 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #156575
Price: 1 696.50 USD It's free to register now to view!
Estimate (low-high) : 250 USD-350 USD It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 10
Title : Egyptian Coptic Textile Embroidered
Condition report : This is a fragment of a larger textile composition. Losses to several peripheral areas as well as one small interior area as shown. Fraying to peripheral and interior fibers, with light staining in some areas. Nice remains of avian embroidery.
Artemis Gallery, auctioneer, Louisville, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : VARIETY SALE | Ancient, Asian, Ethnographic
Sale date : 03 Feb 2022 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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