LOT 126 COPTIC BONE DOLL
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Ca. 700-900 ADAn upper part of a tongue-shaped doll carved and polished from bone, with stylised pointill?face with a ring-and-dot border, a D-shaped headdress with scrolls, and further pointill?design. Some researchers believe that these figurines were designed to prepare girls for the role of mother, while others believe that they were votive figurines. For a similar see The Louvre Museum, Main number: MAO 480.Size: L:80mm / W:30mm ; 20gProvenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1980s.
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