EGYPTIAN SERPENTINE KOHL VESSEL WITH REMOVABLE LIP AND LID. New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. A small vessel carved from dark green and brown-veined serpentine, with a lentoid body tapering to a ring base. The neck is fitted with a separately worked annular lip, and the vessel is closed with a flat, circular lid. For similar see: A. Bevan, Stone Vessel and Values in The Bronze Age Mediterranean, Cambridge, University college London, Institute of Archaeology, 2007; p.105. Size: 35mm x 15mm; Weight: 35g Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Goedian Weber Kunsthandrel, 21 March 2007. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.