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Egyptian Travertine Kohl Jar and Lid Egyptian Travertine Kohl Jar and Lid Egyptian Travertine Kohl Jar and Lid
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LOT 0025

Egyptian Travertine Kohl Jar and Lid

MIDDLE KINGDOM-EARLY NEW KINGDOM, 12TH-EARLY 18TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1985-1479 B.C.

2 1/2 in. (355 grams, 65 mm).

Piriform vessel with flared foot and wide rim, discoid lid with raised central panel to verso.

Provenance

Ex Galerie Nefer, Zurich, Switzerland.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Museum of Fine Arts Boston: Egypt’s Golden Age, p.218, no.263; Seidel, W., Das Vermächtnis der Pharaonen, Speyer, 1993, p.204, no.120; see also Guidotti, M.C., Vasi dall’epoca protodinastica al Nuovo Regno, Museo Egizio di Firenze, Rome, 1991, pp.120-121, for other examples.

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LOT 0025

Egyptian Travertine Kohl Jar and Lid

Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)

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