细节
A COPTIC WOOL SOCK
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
Of undyed wool with traces of blue threads; a polychrome wool cowl fragment, with bands of connected lozenges, circa 5th-6th Century A.D.; a group of Coptic wool and linen textile fragments comprising a monochrome decorative band with frieze of six lions within octagons, bordered by interlocking chains, 10th-12th Century A.D.; a square panel with circular tondo containing erotes and animals; a band with three dancing figures within an arcade, both 5th-6th Century A.D.; a blue ground tunic fragment with twin ochre clavi containing a profile head and a cross, 4th-5th Century A.D.; two other polychrome fragments, all framed and glazed; seven clavi and decorative border fragments with mainly floral and geometric motifs, 5th-12th Century A.D.; and a polychrome roundel with two partridges, on green ground, 6th-8th Century A.D., all mounted on card
6½ to 14 in. (16.5 to 35.5 cm.) long excl. frames (16)