Lot Essay
For a related example to the kohl container see nos. 174ff in Vandier d'Abbadie, Les objets de toilette égyptiens.
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SIX EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULETS
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
Including a figure of Nehebkau depicted as a serpent rearing up on a curled tail with human arms supporting the forward thrust of its head; a figure of a snake with detailed face; an undecorated menat; a tyet knot; a wadj representing a papyrus plant; and a khol container in the form of a lotus column, the spreading petals rising from a cylindrical stalk, 2 1/4in. (5.7cm.) for the tallest (6)
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
Including a figure of Nehebkau depicted as a serpent rearing up on a curled tail with human arms supporting the forward thrust of its head; a figure of a snake with detailed face; an undecorated menat; a tyet knot; a wadj representing a papyrus plant; and a khol container in the form of a lotus column, the spreading petals rising from a cylindrical stalk, 2 1/4in. (5.7cm.) for the tallest (6)