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LOT 0015

Egyptian Alabaster Kohl Jar

LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.

3 in. (458 grams, 76 mm).

Ovoid body with discoid foot and a wide flattened lip.

Provenance

Private collection of Mr K.A., acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Museum of Fine Arts Boston: Egypt’s Golden Age, p.218, no.263; Seidel, W., Das Vermächtnis der Pharaonen, Speyer, 1993, p.204, no.120; see also Guidotti, M.C., Vasi dall’epoca protodinastica al Nuovo Regno, Museo Egizio di Firenze, Rome, 1991, pp.120-121, for other examples.

CONDITION
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LOT 0015

Egyptian Alabaster Kohl Jar

Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)

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