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LOT 0003
Egyptian Alabaster Kohl Pot
MIDDLE KINGDOM, CIRCA 2035-1665 B.C.
1 7/8 in. (115 grams, 47 mm high with lid).
Barrel-shaped with broad flat rim; with later hieroglyphic inscription to the lid.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection since the late 1990s.
Cf. Guidotti, M.C., Vasi dall’epoca protodinastica al Nuovo Regno, Museo Egizio di Firenze, Rome, 1991, pp.120-121, for examples.
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