PROBABLY DYNASTY XVIII, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY B.C., RATHER THAN PTOLEMAIC

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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER HANDLED FLASK
PROBABLY DYNASTY XVIII, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY B.C., RATHER THAN PTOLEMAIC
The spherical body with strap handle and two concentric rings around the neck, with everted rim, on shallow concave ring base
8¾ in. (22 cm.) high

Provenance

D. David-Weill collection: sold Hotel Drouot, Paris, 16 June 1971, lot 16, where it was dated as "Époque ptolemaique".

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Cf. W. C. Hayes, The Sceptre of Egypt, II, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1959, p. 67, fig. 35; and exhibition catalogue, Egypt's Golden Age, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1982, pp. 128-129, nos. 117-118 for similar.

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