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LOT 0061
Egyptian Decorated Wooden Comb
COPTIC, 3RD-7TH CENTURY A.D.
8 in. (111 grams total, 20.4 cm including stand).
Rectangular in plan with fine-cut teeth to one short edge and coarse-cut to the other; obverse with regular pattern of ring-and-dot motifs, zigzag borders; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceEx J.P. collection, 1960s.
Private collection London, UK, 1980s.
From the private collection of J.L., Surrey, UK, 2000s.
Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Objects of Daily Use, Warminster, 1974, pl XX, no.19, for a comb of similar proportions with circle-and-dot decoration.
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LOT 0061
Egyptian Decorated Wooden Comb
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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