Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · architecture

3 Fragments with Figural and Botanical Decorations

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Description

Catalogue description: Culture Coptic Caption: Coptic. 3 Fragments with Figural and Botanical Decorations, 5th–7th century C.E.. Flax, wool, x943a: 7 x 6 3/4 in. (17.8 x 17.1 cm) x943b: 6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 20.3 cm) x943c: 4 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. (11.4 x 32.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X943a-c. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University))

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A close-up of textile fragments showing embroidered figural and botanical-style decoration on a background with red, blue-green, and cream threads.

The image is a tightly cropped view of several joined textile pieces. The ground appears to be cream flax-like textile with dense threadwork. Over it, there are areas of solid red and decorative banding with blue-green and multicolored small motifs. Large figural elements are indicated by outlined forms and stylized, human/animal-like shapes rendered in colored threads, while surrounding areas include scroll/leaf-like patterns that resemble botanical decoration. No clear hieroglyphs or alphabetic text are visible in this crop. No royal cartouches are discernible.

decorative Late Antique Period (consistent with catalogue; exact dating unclear from this crop) fragmentary
Materials Textile (flax/woven base)Colored thread embroidery (wool)

Connections

Materials Wool

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession X943a-c tier-2
  • BKM-Object 121839 tier-2
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