Lot n° 476
Estimation :
100 - 150
EUR
Result without fees
Result
: 70EUR
Comb, probably given as a wedding gift. - Lot 476
Comb, probably given as a wedding gift.
It features a wolf haggling towards the right in a dynamic posture.
Boxwood, patinated by use and age.
Egypt, Coptic, Byzantine period, 400 to 700 A.D.
(small restoration on the upper teeth made with a piece from another comb, on the lower part two teeth broken and glued)
15.5 x 7.2 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 1970/80s.
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