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27 - KOHL VASE
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KOHL VASE Bronze H. 14.5 cm; D. 6.4 cm Bactria, 2500–1700 B.C. Provenance Rassla Foundation, Switzerland, in the 1970s Published in H.P. Francfort, “The Civilization of Central Asia in the Bronze and Iron Ages,” in: From the Indus to the Oxus, Lattes 2003, p. 38. G. Ligabue and G. Rossi Osmida, *Sulla via delle Oasi*, il punto edizioni, Trebaseleghe (PD), 2007, p. 288 G. Ligabue and G. Rossi Osmida, *Animals and Myth*, Trebaseleghe (PD), 2008, p. 224, fig. 1 With a spindle-shaped body, long neck, and flared rim. The body is decorated with incised concentric spiral lines and hatched motifs symbolizing the body of the serpent. The head of the reptile emerges on one side. In fine condition. A rare Bactrian bronze cosmetic vase. c. 2500–1700 BCE. With a fusiform body, long neck, and flared rim. The body is decorated with incised concentric spiral lines and hatched motifs symbolizing the body of the serpent. The head of the reptile emerges on one side. Fine condition.
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