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Lot 259

Six Egyptian miniature alabaster vessels
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3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Six Egyptian miniature alabaster vessels
Early Dynastic-Late Period, circa 3000-332 B.C.
Comprising an Early Dynastic jar with ovoid body and rounded rim; a conical jar; a flask with rounded disc rim and flat base; a New Kingdom kohl jar with disc rim; a torpedo vase with lug handles from the Third Intermediate Period; and an alabastron with lug handles, 5.4cm-9cm high (6)

Footnotes

Provenance:
Larger jar with pointed base: Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 20 October 1994, lot 192.
Gottfried and Helga Hertel collection, Cologne, acquired at the above sale.
Remaining seven vessels: Gottfried and Helga Hertel collection, Cologne, acquired in the 1970s.

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