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AN EGYPTIAN GREYWACKE ANTELOPE COSMETIC PALETTE
Lot 149

AN EGYPTIAN GREYWACKE ANTELOPE COSMETIC PALETTE

PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, NAQADA II, CIRCA 3500-3200 B.C.

Closed15 April 2015

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GBP 7,500

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AN EGYPTIAN GREYWACKE ANTELOPE COSMETIC PALETTE
PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, NAQADA II, CIRCA 3500-3200 B.C.
With rounded body, short neck and long muzzle, remains of horns, stumpy legs, suspension hole on back
4 in. (10.3 cm.) long

with Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel, from whom acquired by the present owner in June 1981.

Specialist note

For similar cf. 'Palette in form of cow or antelope', The Petrie Museum, London, inv. no. UC15770.