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LOT 0455
Egyptian Green Faience Flask
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
2 3/8 in. (36 grams, 59 mm high).
A light green faience miniature pilgrim flask with pierced handles and two lug feet, bifacial decoration displaying a stylised flower head to one face and a lotus(?) motif to the other. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1980s.
Private UK collection.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
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