NEW KINGDOM, LATE 18TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1390-1295 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER RIBBED BOWL
NEW KINGDOM, LATE 18TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1390-1295 B.C.
Three narrow ribs dividing the body, and remains of footed base underneath
5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Alton Edward Mills (1882-1970), Switzerland; and thence by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

For similar, cf. L. M. Berman, Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art, New York, 1999, pp. 263-4, no. 188: this example is called a tazza, with a flaring footed base which was made separately. Reliefs in the tomb of Rekhmira, vizier of Thutmose III, show tazze being used as vessels for dispensing ointments and unguents during banquets.

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