Lot 71
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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER LIDDED JAR
AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER LIDDED JAR
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PROPERTY FROM THE ARKANSAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, SOLD TO BENEFIT FUTURE ACQUISITIONS
AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER LIDDED JAR

MIDDLE KINGDOM, 12TH DYNASTY, 1985-1773 B.C.

Details
AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER LIDDED JAR
MIDDLE KINGDOM, 12TH DYNASTY, 1985-1773 B.C.
2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Col. Anthony J. Drexel, Jr. (1864-1934), Philadelphia.
The Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry, gifted from the above, 1895.
The Minneapolis Institute of Art acquired from the above, 1916 (Inv. nos. 16.166-16.167).
Egyptian and Classical Antiquities, Belonging to a Midwestern Museum, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 15 May 1958, lot 15 (part).
The Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles.
Antiquities, Sotheby’s, New York, 11 December 1980, lot 236.
Vollrad J. (1928-2014) and Lenore Lee (1929-2023) von Berg, Grosse Pointe, Michigan and Hot Springs, Arkansas, acquired from the above.
The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, gifted from the above, 2012.
Literature
J. Breck, Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, 1917, p. 28 (lid).

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Lot Essay

For a discussion on the Egyptian collection once held by the Drexel Institute and its subsequent dispersal, see W.B. Harer, Jr., "The Drexel Collection: From Egypt to the Diaspora," in S. D'Auria, ed., Servant of Mut: Studies in Honor of Richard A. Fazzini.

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