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LOT 0426
Egyptian Stone Two-Handled Cosmetic Jar
LATE PREDYNASTIC-EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD, 3100-2850 B.C.
2 in. (103 grams, 53 mm).
Barrel-shaped in profile with low rim and two lateral pierced lug handles. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. El-Khouli, Egyptian Stone Vessels: Predynastic Period to Dynasty III, London, 1974, vol. 1, p. 200, Fo; vol.3, pl. 56, no. 1409-10, for similar.
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