Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Property from a New York Private Collection
AN EGYPTIAN LINEN TEXTILE PANEL, CIRCA 9TH/10TH CENTURY A.D.
Auction Closed
July 2, 04:42 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a New York Private Collection
AN EGYPTIAN LINEN TEXTILE PANEL, CIRCA 9TH/10TH CENTURY A.D.
woven against a deep blue field with three panels in numerous colours against a red ground, two with a frieze of human figures riding felines with their right hands raised, their tunics in alternating colours, the fragmentary central band with polygonal panels containing animals and human figures.
82.5 by 85.7 cm.
Collection of Milton Girod-Mallon (Sotheby's, New York, December 12th/13th, 1991, lot 55, illus.)
acquired at the above sale by the current owner