Lot Essay
For a similar example see no. 113 in Art and Holy Powers in the Early Christian House, exhibition catalogue from the Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, no.113
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A COPTIC WOOD COMB
Circa 7th Century A.D.
The rectangular comb, of light brown wood, with a set of teeth at either end, one side coarse and the other fine, each side with two layers of inter-locking triangles at the base of the teeth which frame the symmetrical arrangement of circles, a larger circle in the center outlined by a chain of small dotted circles smaller circles in each corner
9 1/4 in. (23.5cm.) long
Circa 7th Century A.D.
The rectangular comb, of light brown wood, with a set of teeth at either end, one side coarse and the other fine, each side with two layers of inter-locking triangles at the base of the teeth which frame the symmetrical arrangement of circles, a larger circle in the center outlined by a chain of small dotted circles smaller circles in each corner
9 1/4 in. (23.5cm.) long
Provenance
Private collection, Sintra, Portugal
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