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LOT 0502
Egyptian Alabaster Kohl Pot Lid and Other Items
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C. AND LATER
1/4 - 3 1/2 in. (126 grams total, 7-89 mm).
Including oblate beads, scarab with the underside carved with a human figure and winged gryphon, a rock crystal dog, sheet bronze fragments, a bronze cylindrical case, and other items. [22, No Reserve]
Provenance
Collected from 1970-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
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