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Lot 223

Three Egyptian alabaster fragments
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7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Three Egyptian alabaster fragments
Middle Kingdom - New Kingdom, circa 1900-1070 B.C.
An alabaster hand clasping a cloth, with prominent thumb, New Kingdom, 13.5cm wide; an alabaster head from a shabti, New Kingdom, 4.3cm high; and an alabaster cosmetic jar, Middle Kingdom, 7.5cm high (3)

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Provenance:
Collection of John Ward F.S.A, (1832-1912) Egyptologist and author of volumes including Pyramids and Progress, Sketches from Egypt, 1900; Our Sudan. Its Pyramids and Progress, 1905; and The Sacred Beetle. Thence by descent.
Accompanied by copies of various photographs and a postcard from 1904.

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