AN EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE COSMETIC DISH IN THE SHAPE OF AN ORYX
AN EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE COSMETIC DISH IN THE SHAPE OF AN ORYX
AN EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE COSMETIC DISH IN THE SHAPE OF AN ORYX
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AN EGYPTIAN HIPPOPOTAMUS IVORY COSMETIC PALETTE

NEW KINGDOM, RAMESSIDE PERIOD, 19TH-20TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1292-1069 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN HIPPOPOTAMUS IVORY COSMETIC PALETTE
NEW KINGDOM, RAMESSIDE PERIOD, 19TH-20TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1292-1069 B.C.
7 ¼ in. (18.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Comtesse Martine-Marie-Octavie Pol de Béhague (1870-1939), Paris; thence by descent to Marquis Jean-Louis Hubert de Ganay (1922-2013), France.
Antiquités et Objets d'Art: Collection de Martine, Comtesse de Béhague, Provenant de la Succession du Marquis de Ganay, Sotheby's, Monaco, 5 December 1987, lot 97.
Archeologie, Francois de Ricqles, Drouot Richilieu, Paris, 8 December 1995, lot 166.
with Charles Ede, London, 1997.
Dutch private collection, acquired from the above.
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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