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A Private New York Collection of Egyptian Art (Lots 1-13)
Lot 4*

An Egyptian schist rhomboidal cosmetic palette

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

£1,000 - £1,500

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An Egyptian schist rhomboidal cosmetic palette

Predynastic Period, Naqada II, circa 3500-3200 B.C.
21cm long

Footnotes

Provnenace:
with Medusa Ancient Art, Montreal; previously Nabil Anawati, Archaeological Gallery, Montreal, 1980s.
S. Bono collection, Chicago, Illinois, acquired from the above in April 1999.
with Sands of Time, Washington DC.
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above 19 June 2015.

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