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Fragment of a tapestry roundel
Egyptian (Coptic)
Early Byzantine or Early Islamic
7th–9th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Wool; tapestry
Dimensions
Height x width: 15 x 14.5 cm (5 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number09.113
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWhite woolen warp threads; the ground of the main field is deep pink, on this is woven with white, green, light and dark blue wool a design of a mounted (?) figure carrying a male and a female (?), surrounded by five human figures of which one is floating above the central pair; framed by a border of bluish grey..