AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER JAR
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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER JAR

NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, CIRCA 1479-1425 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER JAR
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, CIRCA 1479-1425 B.C.
The tall elongated body in two parts, with rounded shoulder and tapered to a pointed base, with twin vestigial inverted 'V' handles on the shoulder, rim missing, 10½ in. (26.7 cm.) high; a group of Egyptian scarabs and glazed composition amulets including a turquoise Girdle of Isis or tyet amulet, four djed-pillars, a wadj-sceptre, a wedjat-eye and another of multiple form, a Horus falcon amulet, a figure of kneeling Shu and a Ptah figure, Late Period-Ptolemaic, circa 6th-1st Century B.C.; and a large frit scarab, 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) long max.(a lot)
Provenance
English private collection, acquired by the present owner's great grandfather whose collection was formed in the late 19th Century.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. Please note that the lots of Iranian origin are subject to U.S. trade restrictions which currently prohibit the import into the United States. Similar restrictions may apply in other countries. This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage
Sale room notice
The catalogue note should read: See illustration on page 171 for part lot.

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Lot Essay

Item one: for a similar complete jar, cf. exhibition catalogue, Egypt's Golden Age: The Art of Living in the New Kingdom 1558-1085 B.C., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1982, pp. 131-132, no. 126. It is suggested that these jars may have been used to pour spiced liquids or to contain perfume. Also, cf. D. C. Patch, Reflections of Greatness, Pittsburgh, 1990, p. 57, no. 42, for the lower half of a simliar 'cosmetic vessel'.
See illustration on page 169 for part lot.

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