A fine Egyptian Bronze Toilet Mirror, Middle Kingdom, ca. 1938 - 1758 BCE Medium - Silver like the White Crown)

like the White Crown)

This fine silver vessel is known as a phiale

Carved from fine alabaster

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Given the rarity of this coin

A fine Egyptian Bronze Toilet Mirror, Middle Kingdom, ca. 1938 - 1758 BCE Medium - Silver like the White Crown)This delicate bronze hand mirror was made in two pieces: the thin, ellipsoidal mirror disc has a tang that fits neatly into a hole in the socket handle. The wood handle is in the form of a papyrus column, perhaps the most popular shape for Egyptian mirror handles. The thin, elegant disc, once burnished to a gleaming reflective surface, now features a fine deep green brown patina. The shaft of metallic mirrors were made in Egypt as early as the Old