BIRD PALETTE
Egypt, Naqada I, circa 3500 B.C.
Schist.... Lot 31
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BIRD PALETTE
Egypt, Naqada I, circa 3500 B.C.
Schist. Restorations at the bottom.
Dim_ 29 x 14 cm
Provenance
Paris, private collection, acquired on the European market
in the 1990's
Large oval palette, the main edge carved at each corner
carved at each corner with a stylized bird's head, in the center the feathers are represented in sawtooth.
See PETRIE.F., Corpus of slate palette, LVII, 76
A PREDYNASTIC SCHIST SLATE PALETTE WITH BIRDS, NAQADA I, 3500 B.C.
114/9 x 5!/2 in
With oval shaped, the principal edge carved on each angle with a stylized bird head. Between each
of them, the feathers are represented in sawtooth pattern. Restoration.
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