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LOT 0463
Coptic Kohl Container
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
7 5/8 in. (129 grams, 19.5 cm).
A heavily carved wooden kohl vessel, tubular with pierced lateral flanges and rectangular base with a stub foot to each corner; with old collector's label reading 'Coptic kohol container VI-VIII C. OFRA10P / Q Louvre Cat. des Bois de l'Egypte Copte, Paris 1986 no.39-41'.
Provenance
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Important North West London collection.
Literature
Cf. Gabra, G., Coptic Civilization: Two thousand years of Christianity in Egypt, Cairo, 2014, p.219 fig. 17.3, for a similar heavily carved wooden kohl tube with splayed foot.
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LOT 0463
Coptic Kohl Container
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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