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Coptic Textile Fragment with the Tree of Life
4th-5th Century AD
Linen
Dimensions 50.3x33cm
Framed dimensions 59.5x41.8cm
Fragment of Egyptian linen and wool textile showing the Tree of Life in rib weave with slanting weft. The tree has split into two main stems, colourful flowers and leaves springing forth.
The vibrant use of pink, red, yellow and green wool offset the blue-black background and leave little of the natural linen visible. A border of pink and green circles once encompassed the whole crown. A fragment with patches missing, mounted on linen (modern).
This fragment comes from a religious hanging which was connected with the cult of the dead. It represents the Tree of Life which was a popular motif in Coptic textiles.
Provenance
Simone de Monbrison, Paris, France; acquired prior to 1969
Literature
A larger fragment almost certainly from the same workshop is in the Hermitage Museum, Leningrad, inventory no.11660. See Ludmila Kybaloná, Coptic Textiles (London, 1967), p.84, no.34
Stock number
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