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Perfume Vessel in the Shape of Two Trussed Ducks

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Anhydrite eyes inlaid with a porous material inside copper rims, Late Second Intermediate Period, Dynasty 17

Rights: Public Domain

Egyptian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Edward S. Harkness 1927

Ducks

Egypt, Upper Egypt Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb near the Ramesseum (?), Mond excavations (?) 1902–1925

Title: Perfume Vessel in the Shape of Two Trussed Ducks

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Anhydrite eyes inlaid with a porous material inside copper rims, Late Second Intermediate Period, Dynasty 17.

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