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Coptic. <em>3 Roundels with Figural, Animal, and Botanical Decorations</em>, 5th-6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 16.327.1: 3 in. (7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.327.1-.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.327.1_ICA.jpg)
Coptic. 3 Roundels with Figural, Animal, and Botanical Decorations, 5th-6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 16.327.1: 3 in. (7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.327.1-.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.327.1_ICA.jpg)
Coptic. <em>3 Roundels with Figural, Animal, and Botanical Decorations</em>, 5th-6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 16.327.1: 3 in. (7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.327.1-.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.327.1_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. 3 Roundels with Figural, Animal, and Botanical Decorations, 5th-6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 16.327.1: 3 in. (7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.327.1-.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.327.1_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>3 Roundels with Figural, Animal, and Botanical Decorations</em>, 5th-6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 16.327.1: 3 in. (7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.327.1-.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.327.1_detail01_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. 3 Roundels with Figural, Animal, and Botanical Decorations, 5th-6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 16.327.1: 3 in. (7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.327.1-.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.327.1_detail01_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>3 Roundels with Figural, Animal, and Botanical Decorations</em>, 5th-6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 16.327.1: 3 in. (7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.327.1-.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.327.1_detail02_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. 3 Roundels with Figural, Animal, and Botanical Decorations, 5th-6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 16.327.1: 3 in. (7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.327.1-.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.327.1_detail02_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>3 Roundels with Figural, Animal, and Botanical Decorations</em>, 5th-6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 16.327.1: 3 in. (7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.327.1-.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.327.2_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. 3 Roundels with Figural, Animal, and Botanical Decorations, 5th-6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 16.327.1: 3 in. (7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.327.1-.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.327.2_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>3 Roundels with Figural, Animal, and Botanical Decorations</em>, 5th-6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 16.327.1: 3 in. (7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.327.1-.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.327.2_detail01_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. 3 Roundels with Figural, Animal, and Botanical Decorations, 5th-6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 16.327.1: 3 in. (7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.327.1-.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.327.2_detail01_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>3 Roundels with Figural, Animal, and Botanical Decorations</em>, 5th-6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 16.327.1: 3 in. (7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.327.1-.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.327.2_detail02_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. 3 Roundels with Figural, Animal, and Botanical Decorations, 5th-6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 16.327.1: 3 in. (7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.327.1-.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.327.2_detail02_ICA.jpg)

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3 Roundels with Figural, Animal, and Botanical Decorations

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURE Coptic
MEDIUM Flax, wool
  • Place Made: Egypt
    • DATES 5th-6th century C.E.
    PERIOD Late Antique Period
    DIMENSIONS 16.327.1: 3 in. (7.6 cm) 16.327.2: 3 in. (7.6 cm) 16.327.3: 3 in. (7.6 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.327.1-.3
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Three tapestry-woven roundels. Rose-red background. In center, seated genius holding a duck. Background covered with floral motifs. Scroll border. Condition: Poor. Numerous gaps in each roundel.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Coptic. 3 Roundels with Figural, Animal, and Botanical Decorations, 5th-6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 16.327.1: 3 in. (7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.327.1-.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.327.1_ICA.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.16.327.1_ICA.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), 2007
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    Coptic. <em>3 Roundels with Figural, Animal, and Botanical Decorations</em>, 5th-6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 16.327.1: 3 in. (7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.327.1-.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.327.1_ICA.jpg)

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    Coptic
    Coptic Period
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    Flax
    Roman Period
    Roundels
    Tapestry
    Wool
    Woven

    TAGS

    3
    Coptic
    Coptic Period
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    Flax
    Roman Period
    Roundels
    Tapestry
    Wool
    Woven

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