Cosmetic Vessel

Small stone jar for cosmetics. Rim chipped. Marked in ink 6417. Compare with W. M. F. Petrie, Stone and Metal Vases (London, 1937) no. 517. Wellcome Historical Medical Museum no. "Cairo 19". Purchased in Cairo by Sir Henry Wellcome, 1911. CONDITION NOTE (1998): Surface loss, adhesive residue, worn, surface dirt.