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LOT 0411
Egyptian Alabaster Bowl
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/2 in. (369 grams, 11 cm wide).
Of conical profile with flattened base, carinated shoulder and stepped rounded rim.
ProvenanceFrom a West Country, UK, collection, 1980-2020s.
LiteratureCf. Vandier d’Abbadie, J., Les objets de toilette égyptiens au Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1972, pp.108, 110, nos. 433-434, for two examples of this type in the Louvre; El-Khouli, A., Egyptian Stone Vessels: Predynastic Period to Dynasty III, vol.3, London, 1974, pl. 81, nos.2122-2125, for similar form.
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