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Tapestry roundel
Egyptian (Coptic)
Early Byzantine
probably 5th century A.D.
Object Place: Coptic, Egypt
Medium/Technique
Wool and linen; tapestry
Credit Line
Gift of Joseph Lindon Smith
Accession Number41.743
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWarp of linen; weft of wool and linen; design consists of a crowned (?) central figure flanked by two dancing figures, a female on the left and a male on the right; two crowching figures are below in the lower half of the roundel; woven with pinkish brown, lavender, green and neutral yellow on a natural colored linen ground. Probably represents a Dionysiac scene.
ProvenanceBy 1938, Joseph Lindon Smith (b. 1863 - d. 1950), Dublin, NH [see note]; 1941, gift of Joseph Lindon Smith to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 13, 1941)
NOTE: First lent to the MFA May 25, 1938.
NOTE: First lent to the MFA May 25, 1938.