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LOT 0497
Egyptian Banded Alabaster Jar
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
2 5/8 in. (228 grams, 65 mm high).
The body with slightly tapering sidewalls and everted rim, possibly Bactrian.
Provenance
Ex Moss collection, Singapore, 1990s.
Acquired from a provincial auction.
Literature
Cf. Guidotti, M.C., Vasi dall'epoca protodinastica al nuovo regno, Rome, 1991, p.161, no.206, for a similar example.
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