Roundel
Coptic
Roman period (30 BCE– 641 CE)/Arab period (641–969), 7th century
Medium
Wool and linen; slit tapestry weave
Dimensions
25.4 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8 in.)
Classification
textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
1833
About the Artist
Coptic
Coptic, the collective attribution for anonymous masters of early Christian Egypt, embodies the vibrant fusion of pharaonic, Hellenistic, and Greco-Roman traditions that defined art from the 4th century onward. Emerging in the context of Coptic Christianity's rise after the 1st century AD, these artists operated amid economic constraints that favored functional craftsmanship over elite patronage, ...