Lot 68

Small loss to tip of one bird's beak, and larger chip to the other, overall scratches, chip to lower edge.


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Royall Tyler (1884-1953)
Thence by descent to Royall Tyler (b. 1936)

A similar palette with the heads of two storks can be found in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology, University College London Museums and Collections, London, UC6156
Another similar siltstone oval palette with pair of bird's heads (ducks?) at the top can be found in the Museo Arqueologico Nacional, Madrid, inv. no. E18 (cat. 20)