A Coptic Woven Cloth Fragment with Eros, Egypt, Coptic, 400 C.E. – 600 C.E.
L. 10 cm, W. 10 cm
TX_EG_1003
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Provenance
Coll. A. and E. Offermann, Cologne (1965-2012). - Formerly Coll. Bareiss. Thereafter auction Neumeister, Munich, ca. 2009.Literature
Fragment of a tunic or tabula. – Cf. Cat. Leipzig – 2002, 66, 71 nos. 1, 15 with illus.
Woven Fragment with Dancing Eros (?) . Multi-coloured cloth
in beige, green and red. Fine-threaded.
The tondo with “running dog” frame is set inside an almost square, red and
green frame with an ornamental band composed of fishes and human heads. At its
centre is a nude, wreathed figure with crotales, branches and wineskins.