West Asian bronze perfume or kohl flask

W91

£145.00

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A bronze perfume or kohl container in the form of a slender flask with horizontal rib decoration.

Culture
West Asia, early to mid 1st Millennium BC

Size
6.7 x 2.2 cms

Condition
Intact as shown

Provenance
Formerly in the Kuizenga collection, The Netherlands; collection formed from the 1970’s onwards.

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