{"product_id":"coptic-carved-bone-figure-of-a-standing-figure","title":"Coptic Carved Bone Figure of a Standing Figure","description":"\u003cp\u003eEgypt, ca. 5th–8th Century CE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA hand-carved bone figure from Late Antique \/ Early Byzantine Egypt, depicting a frontal standing personage with a columnar head, prominently incised almond eyes with drilled pupils accented in black ink, and a narrow ridged nose set above a squared chin. The figure is rendered in the characteristic schematic, block-like Coptic manner, with broad shoulders drilled out to hold a seprately made articulate limb. The geometric garment indicated by shallow incised planes and chevron folds descending to a tapered lower terminus. Traces of black pigment highlight the brows and contours — a decorative convention consistent with Coptic bone-carving workshops active in centers such as Alexandria, Antinoöpolis, and the Fayum, which produced figural plaques, doll-like figures, furniture inlays, hairpins, and amuletic figures for both domestic and funerary use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: H. 3-5\/8 in. (9.1 cm)\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Ancient condition with expected wear; old stabilization\/repair and minor losses; natural age-cracks along the grain of the bone; visible consolidant\/adhesive residue on the reverse consistent with a prior conservation campaign. Old collection inventory number \"339-6-8f\" inked at the top of the head.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComparable Coptic worked-bone figures are represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Louvre, the Brooklyn Museum, and the British Museum, many deriving from late 19th- and early 20th-century excavations in Middle Egypt.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53412062069050,"sku":"17537","price":495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17537blu.jpg?v=1778016867","url":"https:\/\/howardnowes.com\/products\/coptic-carved-bone-figure-of-a-standing-figure","provider":"Art for Eternity","version":"1.0","type":"link"}