Lot 46
46
AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER SPOON
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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER SPOON

NEW KINGDOM, MID-18TH-19TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1390-1069 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER SPOON
NEW KINGDOM, MID-18TH-19TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1390-1069 B.C.
Of lotus-bud shape with gently curving sides, a vestigial handle emerging from the lower edge
5 ¾ in. (14.6 cm.) long
Provenance
Alton Edward Mills (1882-1970), Switzerland; and thence by descent to the present owner.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

Cf. W.C. Hayes, The Scepter of Egypt, vol. II, New York, 1959, pp. 190-1, ill. no. 106, for a black steatite dish carved as a lotus flower and buds, the shape of which echoes the present lot (Metropolitan Museum of Arts, inv. no. MMA.30.7.2).

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