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Lot 211

An Egyptian alabaster dish

3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian alabaster dish
Early Dynastic Period, circa 3100-2686 B.C.
The shallow dish with slightly flattened base, a depressed tondo and rim inturned, 38cm diam.

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Provenance:
Understood to be from the collection of Mrs R., France, acquired prior to 1983.
Private collection, Geneva.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 2 October 2014, lot 156.
Private collection, UK, acquired at the above sale.

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