A STEATITE COSMETIC SWAN PALETTE NEW KINGDOM OR LATER, CIRCA 1200-1000 B.C. In the form of two addorsed swans or geese, the convex back with feather decoration and folded wings, legs and double-fan tail, the interior with traces of zigzag pattern which continues around the rim, repaired with overpainting, 5 in. (12.5 cm.) long; an Egyptian schist shallow circular dish with twin lug handles, circa 4th-1st Century B.C., 3½ in. (8.7 cm.) across; a Luristan circular openwork bronze harness ring with six spokes, surmounted by two animal heads, early 1st millennium B.C., 2 in. (5.2 cm.) diam.; a Hellenistic marble head of a goddess with hair drawn back in a chignon, worn, circa 2nd-1st Century B.C., 3 in. (7.5 cm.) high; and a Roman bronze knife-handle in the form of a hound's head, circa 1st Century A.D., 2½ in. (6.2 cm.) long (5)
A STEATITE COSMETIC SWAN PALETTE NEW KINGDOM OR LATER, CIRCA 1200-1000 B.C. In the form of two addorsed swans or geese, the convex back with feather decoration and folded wings, legs and double-fan tail, the interior with traces of zigzag pattern which continues around the rim, repaired with overpainting, 5 in. (12.5 cm.) long; an Egyptian schist shallow circular dish with twin lug handles, circa 4th-1st Century B.C., 3½ in. (8.7 cm.) across; a Luristan circular openwork bronze harness ring with six spokes, surmounted by two animal heads, early 1st millennium B.C., 2 in. (5.2 cm.) diam.; a Hellenistic marble head of a goddess with hair drawn back in a chignon, worn, circa 2nd-1st Century B.C., 3 in. (7.5 cm.) high; and a Roman bronze knife-handle in the form of a hound's head, circa 1st Century A.D., 2½ in. (6.2 cm.) long (5)
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