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LOT 0421
Egyptian Alabaster Cylindrical Storage Vessel
OLD KINGDOM, 5TH-6TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 2300-2100 B.C.
4 5/8 in. (508 grams, 11.8 cm).
Tubular type with an everted rounded rim; old dealer's note 'Alabaster cylindrical storage vessel, semi-translucent and with veining. Small abrasion to outturned flattened rim. Probably alabaster quarries at Hatnub, to north of el-Amarna. Egypt, early Dynastic, Vth-VIth Dynasties, c.2300-2100 BC. Bought Spitalfields Market, Thursday 12/1/19'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
LiteratureCf. Guidotti, M.C., Vasi dall’epoca protodinastica al Nuovo Regno, Museo Egizio di Firenze, Rome, 1991, p. 85, no. 28, for a vessel of similar form.
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LOT 0421
Egyptian Alabaster Cylindrical Storage Vessel
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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