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LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
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FOUR EGYPTIAN FAIENCE COSMETIC CUPS
Late Period, Dynasty XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
Each turquoise blue in color, chalice-shaped with a separately-made disk lid, inscribed in a contrasting darker glaze with hieroglyphs naming its contents, including vessels for both tawat, unguent, and the best tichenu, oil
2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) high (tallest) (4)
Late Period, Dynasty XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
Each turquoise blue in color, chalice-shaped with a separately-made disk lid, inscribed in a contrasting darker glaze with hieroglyphs naming its contents, including vessels for both tawat, unguent, and the best tichenu, oil
2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) high (tallest) (4)
Provenance
Dumonteil Collection, Paris, 1975.