Egyptian Greywacke Cosmetic Fish Spoon Section

NEW KINGDOM, 1569-1081 B.C.

2 1/4 - 3 3/8 in. (27 grams, 58 mm wide (50 grams total, 85 mm high including stand)).

A fragment of a greywacke cosmetic spoon, shaped as a fish with finely worked features and incised eye, scales, gill, and fin detailing; the underside is recessed to create the spoon bowl; accompanied by a custom-made display stand.

Provenance

Acquired in the 1980s.
From a French collection.

Literature

See Hodjash, S.I., Ancient Egyptian vessels in the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Oakville CT, 2005, p.86, nos.311 and 312, pl.29, for comparable examples.

CONDITION

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