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LOT 0464
Egyptian Alabaster Vessel
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
3 in. (342 grams, 78 mm high).
A piriform veined alabaster vessel with everted neck and broad rim.
ProvenanceFrench collection, 1960s-early 2000s.
From an important Paris gallery, France.
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