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Lot 118
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A Schist Cosmetic Palette, Predynastic Period, late Nagada II/Nagada III, circa 3300-3000 B.C.

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description

  • A Schist Cosmetic Palette
  • Length 6 7/8 in. 17.5 cm.
in the shape of a fish, perhaps a tilapia, a suspension hole above.

Provenance

Ernest Cramer-Sarasin (1838-1923), Geneva, Switzerland, acquired in Egypt in the last quarter of the 19th Century

Catalogue Note

Cf. Petrie, Naqada and Balas, pl. XLVIII, nos. 40 and 42.