COSMETIC AMPHORA
Phoenicia, 1st millennium BC
Gold;... Lot 24
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COSMETIC AMPHORA
Phoenicia, 1st millennium BC
Gold; some restoration.
H. 8.5 cm; 40 g
Provenance
Former French collection of the 19th century
Former collection of a Mayfair antique dealer
Former London gentleman's collection
A phoenician sheet gold miniature ointment amphora. With tapering body and broad shoulders, flared mouth and two later hollow formed handles. Shoulders and body decorated with band of repoussé segmented foliage and a central female figure (priestress ?), standing within an arch, wearing a pleated robe, and holding an ewer and a palm-cup.
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