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LOT 0500

Egyptian Alabaster Kohl Pot

NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1069 B.C.

2 1/4 in. (128 grams, 56 mm).

The miniature piriform body with everted neck and rim, shallow integral foot; chipped.

Provenance

Acquired in Europe before 1993.

Literature

Cf. Guidotti, M.C., Vasi dall’epoca protodinastica al Nuovo Regno, Museo Egizio di Firenze, Rome, 1991, p.178, no.248, for a vessel of similar form.

CONDITION

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LOT 0500

Egyptian Alabaster Kohl Pot

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

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