Egyptian cosmetic vessel, Middle Kingdom, mid-12th Dynasty, c.1900 BC
Porphyritic diorite
Height: 9.1cm
11559 TA
Charles Ede, London
Carved from an attractive green and black mottled stone, the sides are slightly concave and flare outwards towards the wide, squared-sided rim, the circular base is flat. Two areas on...
Carved from an attractive green and black mottled stone, the sides are slightly concave and flare outwards towards the wide, squared-sided rim, the circular base is flat. Two areas on the lip and one area on the base restored. Collection number E.547 in white paint on the base.
Provenance
Mme Hartmann, Geneva, Switzerland: acquired 1950-1960Private collection R.L. (1934-2010), Geneva, Switzerland; acquired from the above in August 1975
Literature
For the form compare Barbara G. Aston, Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels: Materials and Forms (Heidelberger, 1994), p.105, fig.369
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