AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER LIBATION JAR

OLD KINGDOM, 6TH DYNASTY, 2345-2181 B.C.

Details

AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER LIBATION JAR
OLD KINGDOM, 6TH DYNASTY, 2345-2181 B.C.
The body with a wide circular mouth, the rounded sides tapering to a flat base, with a short elegant spout with a V-shaped tip, a groove on the underside, the deep channel open through to the interior
5 in. (12.6 cm.) high

Provenance

Baron Edouard Jean Empain (1852-1929), France.
Collection of Baron Edouard Jean Empain; Antiquities, Christie's, London, 14 April 2011, lot 10.

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Lot Essay

The 6th Dynasty of Egypt marked a period of creativity in the production of stone vessels. A variety of new, more complex shapes came into vogue including the finely modeled short spout as seen on the present example (see D. Arnold and E Pischikova, "Stone Vessels: Luxury Items with Manifold Implications" in J.P. O'Neill, ed., Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids, pp. 121-123).

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