A WOODEN COSMETIC DISH IN THE FORM OF A TRUSSED COW, with finely modelled head showing the nostrils and rolls of flesh below its chin, New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII, circa 1350 B.C.

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A WOODEN COSMETIC DISH IN THE FORM OF A TRUSSED COW, with finely modelled head showing the nostrils and rolls of flesh below its chin, New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII, circa 1350 B.C.
4½ x 2in. (11.5 x 5cm.)

Provenance

Omar Pacha Sultan collection

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Collection de Feu Omar Pacha Sultan, Catalogue Descriptif, Paris, pupitre 1 on pl. LXIX, pl. LXX, no. 520

Cf. Rites et Beauté: objets de toilette égyptiens, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1993, pls. 30-31 for other zoomorphic palettes

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