NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1550-1295 B.C.

Details

AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER DISH
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1550-1295 B.C.
In the form of a duck, the hemispherical body with legs projecting on either side, the long neck and head serving as a handle, details incised
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) long

Provenance

Mme Marcelle Desurmont-Prouvost (1892-1972) collection, Paris, acquired 1943; and thence by descent to M. H. François-Marsal, Nantes.

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Lot Essay

There are a number of similar bird-shaped vessels dating to the 18th-19th Dynasties, both in alabaster and wood; they were probably used as cosmetic dishes. For a duck-shaped dish see The Brooklyn Museum, inv. no. 11.665.

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