Lot 104
  • 104

A Schist Cosmetic Palette, Predynastic Period, probably Nagada II, circa 3500-3100 B.C.

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • A Schist Cosmetic Palette
  • Length 13 1/4 in. 33.6 cm.
of pointed oval form with pierced lozenge-shaped finial, one side incised during the early Byzantine period with crosses and magical inscriptions.

Provenance

Collection of Natacha Rambova (1897-1966)
Professor Donald P. Hansen (1932-2007), New York

Condition

small chips as shown, large chips on terminal
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Catalogue Note

Cf. Petrie, Naqada and Balas, pl. XLIX, no. 91.