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LOT 0450
Egyptian Cylindrical Breccia Vase
EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD-OLD KINGDOM, 3050-2181 B.C.
4 1/4 in. (534 grams, 10.7 cm).
Columnar in form with thick everted rim, slightly domed underside. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Aston, B.G., Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels: Materials and Forms, SAGA 5, Heidelberg, 1994, 103, type 32, for similar examples dating from the 1st-4th Dynasties.
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