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OLD KINGDOM, DYNASTY 6TH, CIRCA 2350 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN VEINED ALABASTER JAR
OLD KINGDOM, DYNASTY 6TH, CIRCA 2350 B.C.
Tapering to a flared foot, 2¾ in. (6.8 cm.) high; a brown stone baggy jar with vestigial twin handles, circa 7th-6th Century B.C., 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high; another similar, serpentine, probably of similar date, 2 1/8 in. (4.5 cm.) high; and a heart-shaped veined 'Chephren diorite' unguent jar, Predynastic period, 3 in. (7.6 cm.) high (4)
OLD KINGDOM, DYNASTY 6TH, CIRCA 2350 B.C.
Tapering to a flared foot, 2¾ in. (6.8 cm.) high; a brown stone baggy jar with vestigial twin handles, circa 7th-6th Century B.C., 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high; another similar, serpentine, probably of similar date, 2 1/8 in. (4.5 cm.) high; and a heart-shaped veined 'Chephren diorite' unguent jar, Predynastic period, 3 in. (7.6 cm.) high (4)
Provenance
Acquired in Egypt between 1956-1958.
Sold to benefit The Hans Goedicke Foundation for Egyptology.
Sold to benefit The Hans Goedicke Foundation for Egyptology.
Special notice
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