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A Private New York Collection of Egyptian Art (Lots 1-13)
Lot 13*

An Egyptian alabaster piriform unguent jar

22 November – 9 December 2024, 12:00 GMT
Online, London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian alabaster piriform unguent jar

Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
10.3cm high

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Provenance:
Private collection, France.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, February 2011, thought to have been acquired at Hôtel Drouot, Paris (lot 91).
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above 14 November 2011.

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