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Comb

Date:: late 15th or early 16th century
Culture:: North French
Medium:: Ivory
Dimensions:: Overall: 4 3/4 x 5 15/16 x 1/4 in. (12.1 x 15.1 x 0.7 cm)
Classification:: Ivories
Credit Line:: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number:: 17.190.262

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

Georges Hoentschel (French, Paris 1855–1915)(sold 1911); J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York (1911–1913); Estate of J. Pierpont Morgan, New York (1913–1917)
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What
Bone (6,371)

Ivory (5,396)

Combs (285)
Where
Europe (150,115)

France (49,363)
When
A.D. 1400-1600 (20,612)
In the Museum
Medieval Art (6,712)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
France, 1400–1600 A.D.

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