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i) An Egyptian Kohl Palette New Kingdom period, circa 1540BC -…
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Perth
Date:
23-Nov-2008
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i) An Egyptian Kohl Palette New Kingdom period, circa 1540BC - 1069BC Carved stone Height 2.2 cm; width 10.5 cm; depth 6.5 cm ii) An Egyptian Kohl Bottle New Kingdom period, circa 1540BC - 1069BC Carved stone Height 6.5 cm; diameter 5.5 cm (2 items) Note From the earliest times, Egyptians included cosmetic items among their funerary equipment, eye-paint, known as kohl, was regarded as a necessity, having cosmetic, religious and symbolic resonances. Stone palettes were used for grinding eye-paint pigments, whilst small flat-bottomed stone vessels were used for storing kohl
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Antiquities: Egyptian