Tapestry


Hilton Price Number
HP71
Object Type
Soft furnishings/textiles, Tapestry
Periods
Byzantine Period to Islamic Period
Sixth century CE/AD to Ninth century CE/AD
Material
Textile/fibres (Wool)
Provenance
Egypt, Akhmim
Measurements
26 inches | 4 inches
Number of Elements
1
Culture
Egyptian
Animal
Monkey/baboon/ape

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Description

Band, or shoulder ornament, from a robe of woven tapestry; red ground, ornamented with flowers, scrolls, and a seated ape in yellow and green; a scroll pattern border in yellow wool encloses it. Attached to it is a noval medallion of the same pattern and material. 26 in. | 4 in. Coptic, 6th to 9th century a.d. Aḥmîm.

Bibliography

Price, Frederick George Hilton (1897) A catalogue of the Egyptian antiquities in the possession of F. G. Hilton Price. London: Quaritch. Anonymous (1911). Catalogue of the important and extensive collection of Egyptian antiquities, the property of the late F. G. Hilton-Price, Esq. [...] : which will be sold by auction by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge [...] on Wednesday, 12th July, 1911, and two following days, and on Monday, the 17th of July, and four following days. London: Davy.

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