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Lot 104*

An Egyptian alabaster cosmetic jar with a two-part lid

23 June – 7 July 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, New Bond Street

£1,000 - £1,500

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An Egyptian alabaster cosmetic jar with a two-part lid

Middle Kingdom, 11th-12th Dynasty, circa 2046-1793 B.C.
Mounted in a custom-made Newark Museum storage box jar 3.7cm high, lid 3.9cm diam max

Footnotes

Provenance:
Newark Museum, New York, inv. no. X.61.277, acquired no later than 1961, deaccessioned by the museum in 2020.
Newark Museum Collection; Millea Bros, Boonton, NJ, 4-5 June 2020, lot 2091.
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale.

For the shape, see Les objects de toilette égyptiens au Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1972, p.76, no.261.

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