Cosmetic Dish in the Form of an Oryx
Culture: Egyptian
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18-20
Date: ca. 1550-1069 B.C.
Medium: Steatite
Dimensions:
h. 3 in. (7.6 cm); w. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); d. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased the Grace Fortner Rider Fund
Object number: 88.2
Provenance: with Martine-Marie-Pol de Béhague, comtesse de Béarn (1870-1939) by 1939; by inheritance to her nephew, Octave Marie Hubert de Ganay (1888-1974), 1939; by inheritance to his son, Jean-Louis Hubert (1922-2013), 1974; sold, Sotheby's, Monaco, December 5, 1987, lot 95, to San Antonio Museum of Art
Published References
Sotheby's, Monaco, 5 December 1987, lot 95
J. Powers and J. Johnston, eds., San Antonio Museum of Art: Guide to the Collection (San Antonio: San Antonio Museum of Art, 2012), 27.
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