EGYPTIAN WOODEN COSMETIC SPOON WITH HEAD OF PHARAOH - EX. CHRISTIE'S. New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. A carved wooden spoon with an elongated handle terminating in the stylised head of a pharaoh. The bowl is in the form of a naturalistic shell supported by a hand in high relief. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 26.2.17. Size: 170mm x 28mm; Weight: 9g Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Rupert Wace; Ex. Christie's, Antiquities, 29 October, 2003, lot.180.