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LOT 0492
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.
ProvenanceEx Galerie Nefer, Zurich, Switzerland.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
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 0492
Egyptian Travertine Kohl Jar and Lid
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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