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LOT 0019
Egyptian Decorated Wooden Pyxis
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
2 7/8 in. (60 grams, 73 mm high).
Lathe-turned body and separate lid, incised bands to the equator, flared base, and fillet to the domed lid.
ProvenanceEx UK collection, 1930-1940s.
LiteratureCf. similar item (lacking lid) in the collection of the British Museum, London, under accession no.1982,0729.305; for a lathe-turned example see Vandier d'Abbadie, J., Les objets de toilette égyptiens au Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1972, pp.50-51, no.141.
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LOT 0019
Egyptian Decorated Wooden Pyxis
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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