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LOT 0478
Egyptian Globular Alabaster Jar
LATE OLD KINGDOM-FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, CIRCA 2513-2165 B.C.
3 7/8 in. (310 grams, 98 mm).
With globular body, short neck and thin, wide rim; part of the rim restored.
Provenance
Ex Waltz collection, Munich, Germany, circa 1970s.
with Gorny & Mosch, Auction 206, no.12.
Accompanied by copies of the relevant Gorny & Mosch catalogue pages.
Literature
Cf. Guidotti, M.C., Vasi dall’epoca protodinastica al Nuovo Regno, Museo Egizio di Firenze, Rome, 1991, p.116 (no.101, inv.3321), for a comparable example dated to the First Intermediate Period; Aston, B.G., Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels: Materials and Forms, SAGA 5, Heidelberg, 1994, p.85, fig.14, pp.137-138, for definition, dating and examples of this vessel type.
Footnotes
Such vessels have been found at numerous sites including Naga ed-Deir, Saqqara, and Badari.
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