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OLD KINGDOM, 4TH-6TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 2613-2181 B.C.
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TWO EGYPTIAN STONE JARS
OLD KINGDOM, 4TH-6TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 2613-2181 B.C.
Including one of alabaster, the tapering body with gently curving shoulders, rope decoration around the rim; and another of red limestone with narrow tapering body, small everted rim, and twin pierced handles
3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) and 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high respectively
OLD KINGDOM, 4TH-6TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 2613-2181 B.C.
Including one of alabaster, the tapering body with gently curving shoulders, rope decoration around the rim; and another of red limestone with narrow tapering body, small everted rim, and twin pierced handles
3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) and 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high respectively
Provenance
Alton Edward Mills (1882-1970), Switzerland; and thence by descent to the present owner.
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