A WOODEN QUINTUPLE KOHL TUBE AND COSMETIC STICKS

DYNASTY XVIII (1550-1307 B.C.)

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A WOODEN QUINTUPLE KOHL TUBE AND COSMETIC STICKS
DYNASTY XVIII (1550-1307 B.C.)
Comprising four linked cylindrical kohl or ointment containers and one in the centre, with three fragmentary bone cosmetic sticks, 2.7/8 in. (7.4 cm.) high; a turquoise glazed composition bead necklace, restrung with modern clasp, Middle/New Kingdom, 15¾ in. (40 cm.) long; a bronze Osiris figure, circa 3rd-1st Century B.C., 3½ in. (8.8 cm.) high; a painted wooden model of a scribe's palette, 5 in. (12.7 cm.) long; a gesso-painted cartonnage 'wing' fragment, New Kingdom; a Roman green glass double balsamarium with two bronze spatulae, 4th Century A.D.; and two miniature stone jars
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Provenance

Item one: an ink inscribed label reads "Bought Luxor 1918".

Lot Essay

Item one: cf. L. Manniche, Sacred Luxuries, London, 1999, col. pl. on p. 124 for a similar but inscribed kohl-pot; and Egypt's Golden Age: The Art of Living in the New Kingdom, 1558-1085 B.C., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, p. 223, nos. 280-281 for similar.

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