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LOT 0024
Egyptian Alabaster Mirror Handle
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH-20TH DYNASTY, 1550-1070 B.C.
5 3/4 in. (482 grams total, 14.5 cm including stand).
In the form of a papyrus column, the upper platform pierced through for insertion of a bronze mirror, incised with lotus petals at the top of the shaft and at the base; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
Provenance
with Nicholas Wright, London, UK, 1969.
Christie's, London, 14 April 2011, no.128.
Accompanied by copies of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12941-243535.
Literature
Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Objects of Daily Use, Warminster, 1972, pl. XXVI, nos. 12 and 16, for similar papiriform examples.
Footnotes
The papyrus stalk was used in the hieroglyphic script for the word 'wadj', meaning 'fresh', making it an appropriate talisman for the preservation of the body.
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