Egyptian Stone Fish-Shaped Pallet

PRE-DYNASTIC, CIRCA 4,000 BC

6 1/4" (153 grams, 16cm).

A flat-section bifacial cosmetic palette of a fish with some later carved eye and gill detail, pierced; with old collector's label 'Falmouth Museum, purchased 1950'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Property of a London collector, acquired early 1990; formerly exhibited in Falmouth Museum before 1950.

CONDITION

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LOT 0124

Egyptian Stone Fish-Shaped Pallet

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,331

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