Comb, probably given as a wedding gift.
It features a figure seated on a throne in the center of a rectangular frame, surmounted by a haggling feline to the right, in a naturalistic pose.
Boxwood, patinated by use and age
Egypt, Coptic, Byzantine period, 400 to 700 A.D.
(broken and glued in the middle, missing the tip of some upper teeth)
24.9 x 7.7 cm
Bibliography: l'Art Copte en Égypte, Gallimard, Paris, page 211, fig 255, for a comb of this type.
Provenance: Former Parisian collection built up in the 70s and 80s.
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