EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD-OLD KINGDOM, 1ST-3RD DYNASTY, CIRCA 3000-2613 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER HANDLED JUG
EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD-OLD KINGDOM, 1ST-3RD DYNASTY, CIRCA 3000-2613 B.C.
The piriform body tapering to a flat base, with neck gently flaring to an everted rim, strap handle emerging from rim and shoulder
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Alton Edward Mills (1882-1970), Switzerland; and thence by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

For similar cf. P. Günther and R. Wellauer, Ägyptische Steingefässe der Sammlung Rudolph Schmidt, Solothurn, Ägyptologische Hefte des Orientalischen Seminars der Universität Zürich, 1988, p. 58, pl. 40, no. 135.

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