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LOT 0496
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. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Galerie Nefer, Zurich, Switzerland.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
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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