Lot Essay
Item two: cf. Egypt's Golden Age: The Art of Living in the New Kingdom 1558-1085 B.C., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1982, pp. 224-225, nos. 283-284 for similar kohl-tubes.
DYNASTY XVIII (1550-1307 B.C.)
Details
A turquoise glazed composition cup
Dynasty XVIII (1550-1307 B.C.)
With slightly splayed foot rising to a flaring body with horizontal rim, the body decorated in dark glaze with lotus flower petals, the base with a cross; and a turquoise glazed composition kohl-tube with four remaining cylindrical tubes (and traces of a fifth) 'bound' together above and below with a flat wide strap, top of one tube chipped and repaired
2¼in. (5.6cm.) and 3 3/8in. (8.7cm.) high respectively (2)
Dynasty XVIII (1550-1307 B.C.)
With slightly splayed foot rising to a flaring body with horizontal rim, the body decorated in dark glaze with lotus flower petals, the base with a cross; and a turquoise glazed composition kohl-tube with four remaining cylindrical tubes (and traces of a fifth) 'bound' together above and below with a flat wide strap, top of one tube chipped and repaired
2¼in. (5.6cm.) and 3 3/8in. (8.7cm.) high respectively (2)
Provenance
Item two: bought from G. W. Fraser by Edward Towry-Whyte in August 1891.