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LOT 0474
Egyptian Alabaster Alabastron
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
3 7/8 in. (139 grams, 97 mm high).
The piriform vessel with rounded base, two integral lug handles to the neck; fractured above the neck.
ProvenanceAcquired in Europe before 1992.
LiteratureCf. The British Museum, accession/miscellaneous number E.1.1888, for similar; Aston, B.G., Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels: Materials and Forms, Heidelberg, 1994, pp.162-163 (Third Intermediate Period), p.166 (Late Period), for the type.
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