AN ALABASTER COLLAR VASE

DYNASTY VI (2323-2150 B.C.)

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AN ALABASTER COLLAR VASE
DYNASTY VI (2323-2150 B.C.)
The body of tapering cylindrical shape with collar neck; and another alabaster amphoriskos, the body of slender cylindrical form tapering to pointed base, with two vestigial handles, circa 6th Century B.C. or earlier
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) and 4.1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high respectively (2)

Lot Essay

Item two: cf. H. W. Mller, Ägyptische Kunstwerke, Kleinfunde und Glas in der Sammlung E. und M Kofler-Truniger Luzern, Berlin, 1964, no. A144 and plate, where a similar vessel is dated as New Kingdom or later.

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