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An Egyptian Greywacke Cosmetic Palette in the Form of a Bird
An Egyptian Greywacke Cosmetic Palette in the Form of a Bird
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An Egyptian Greywacke Cosmetic Palette in the Form of a Bird
Predynastic Period, Nagada I, 4000-3500 B.C.
Height 7 3/8 inches (18.73 cm).

Provenance: ;
Musée Rath, Geneva, Switzerland.
Private Collection (J.P.C.), Geneva, Switzerland, where acquired from the museum in the late 1970s.

Published:
C. Ritschard, Animaux d'art et d'histoire: bestiaire des collections genevoises, Geneva, 2000, no. 58.

Exhibited:
Switzerland, Geneve, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Animaux d'art et d'histoire: bestiaire des collections genevoises, 30 March - 24 September 2000.
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An Egyptian Greywacke Cosmetic Palette in the Form of a Bird

Estimate $1,500 - $2,500
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Starting Price $750
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