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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER VASE
EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD, 3000-2686 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER VASE
EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD, 3000-2686 B.C.
The elongated cylindrical body gently flaring to the flat base and the wide mouth, with an outsplayed rounded rim
6 13/16 in. (17.3 cm.) high
EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD, 3000-2686 B.C.
The elongated cylindrical body gently flaring to the flat base and the wide mouth, with an outsplayed rounded rim
6 13/16 in. (17.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Said to be from Sheikh Ali.
Albert M. Lythgoe (1868-1934), founder of the Egyptian Department at the MFA, Boston, acquired in Egypt in 1903.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 18 June 1991, lot 2.
with The Merrin Gallery, New York.
Albert M. Lythgoe (1868-1934), founder of the Egyptian Department at the MFA, Boston, acquired in Egypt in 1903.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 18 June 1991, lot 2.
with The Merrin Gallery, New York.
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