Lot Essay
Cf. W. Needler, Predynastic and Archaic Egypt in The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, 1984, pp. 249-250, no. 136, for a similar example from Saqqara.
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DYNASTY II, CIRCA 2890-2686 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN DIORITE-GNEISS BOWL
DYNASTY II, CIRCA 2890-2686 B.C.
The conical bowl with bevel on exterior, the interior with profiled rim with bevel, base slightly flattened
4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) high; 8¼ in. (21 cm.) diam.
DYNASTY II, CIRCA 2890-2686 B.C.
The conical bowl with bevel on exterior, the interior with profiled rim with bevel, base slightly flattened
4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) high; 8¼ in. (21 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill, M.C.: Christie's London, Northwick Park Collection, 21 June 1965, probably lot 123.
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