Four Large Figures from a Coptic Tapestry, Late 4th/Early 5th Century A.D. originally part of a frieze in a large plain linen hanging, in tapestry weave with warp of natural linen and weft of various shades of blue, pink, red, green, and yellow, comprising a dancer holding a basket of fruits and wearing a skirt and tunic, a shepherd (?) leaning on a staff and wearing a long cloak falling down his back and draped over his left shoulder, and two dancers each wearing a skirt and tunic passing over the left shoulder, one holding a sickle (?), the other a hoe(?). Heights 29 1/2 to 25 3/4 in. 74.3 to 65.4 cm.
Four Large Figures from a Coptic Tapestry, Late 4th/Early 5th Century A.D. originally part of a frieze in a large plain linen hanging, in tapestry weave with warp of natural linen and weft of various shades of blue, pink, red, green, and yellow, comprising a dancer holding a basket of fruits and wearing a skirt and tunic, a shepherd (?) leaning on a staff and wearing a long cloak falling down his back and draped over his left shoulder, and two dancers each wearing a skirt and tunic passing over the left shoulder, one holding a sickle (?), the other a hoe(?). Heights 29 1/2 to 25 3/4 in. 74.3 to 65.4 cm.
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