Collection

Woven Fragment with Dancing Eros

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Description
Description

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.

Sewn onto beige linen and framed. Fragment of a tunic or tabula. – Cf. Cat. Leipzig – 2002, 66, 71 nos. 1, 15 with illus.

REFERENCE #

TX_EG_1003

CIVILIZATION

Egypt, Coptic, 400 C.E. – 600 C.E.

SIZE

L. 10 cm, W. 10 cm

CONDITION

Fine Condition

PRICE

Price
available upon request

PROVENANCE

Coll. A. and E. Offermann, Cologne (1965-2012). – Formerly Coll. Bareiss. Thereafter auction Neumeister, Munich, ca. 2009.

Additional Information
Civilization

Egyptian

Material

Other