Court Lady Figural Hair Comb

A comb where the handle is a woman turning in the wind. Look past the fine row of teeth and the entire back of this piece becomes a figure: a serene court lady, hair swept up and pinned high, wrapped in long robes whose sleeves and hem billow downward to form the comb's flowing spine and rounded heel. It's a single continuous carving in the classical East-Asian idiom, a Tang-dynasty or Chang'e-style beauty rendered in shallow-to-deep relief along one curving edge. Equal parts working comb and display object, it suits a dressing table, a shadow box, or a keepsake gift for anyone who loves ornate detail. Making notes • The teeth are the weak point: cut or print them along the grain, with layer lines running the length of each tooth, so they resist snapping. • On CNC, machine the figured back with a fine ball-nose and clear the tooth slots with a slotting saw or a thin down-cut bit. • For 3D printing, a tough filament (PETG, PLA+) or resin holds the slim teeth far better than brittle PLA; print flat with the teeth pointing toward you. • Round the tooth tips with sandpaper so it's genuinely kind to hair, then oil or wax the figure to bring out the folds of the robe.