ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art
Comb
Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureCoptic
Datelate 2nd - early 7th Century CE
MediumWood
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions5 5/16 x 2 13/16 in., 3/16 in., 30 g (13.5 x 7.2 cm, 0.5 cm, 1 1/16 oz.)
Object number2018.010.231
Exhibition HistoryLife and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023Published ReferencesTardy, Les Ivoires (2) Antiquite, Islam, Inde, Chine, Japon, Afrique noire, regions polaires, Amerique (Paris: Tardy, 1977), 72, number 3.
Melinda K. Hartwig, ed. Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), catalogue entry 4.
ProvenanceEx coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, from at least 1977-1982, possibly purchased from Jean-François Mignon, Aix-en Provence, France. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
late 2nd-mid 7th Century CE
5th Century CE
6th-8th Century CE
6th-7th Century CE
3rd Century CE (?)
332 BCE-323 CE
64 BCE-330 CE
late 2nd-mid 7th Century CE
250-641 CE
late 2nd-mid 7th Century CE
late 2nd-mid 7th Century CE
