Egyptian Rock Crystal Piriform Vessel

OLD KINGDOM, 5TH-6TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 2500-2200 B.C.

2 3/8 in. (55 grams, 59 mm).

Model amphora with trumpet-shaped mouth and piriform body; shallow socket above.

Provenance

with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.13231-249997.

Literature

Cf. Aston, B.G., Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels: Materials and Forms, SAGA 5, Heidelberg, 1994, 140, no. 137, for examples.

Footnotes

This model vessel was probably linked to the "Opening of the Mouth" ritual, which revived the deceased.

CONDITION

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