AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER JAR

OLD KINGDOM, 4TH-6TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 2600-2182 B.C.

Details

AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER JAR
OLD KINGDOM, 4TH-6TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 2600-2182 B.C.
With a tapering cylindrical body flaring at the base and to a flat disc rim
4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) high

Provenance

Dr. Rudolf Schmidt (1900-1970) collection, Solothurn.
with Mele Gallery, Connecticut, USA.
Resandro collection, acquired prior to 1993.

Exhibited

Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung; Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; Munich, Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst Munchen; Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Gott und Götter im Alten Ägypten, 1992-1993.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Günther & Wellauer, 1988, p. 38, taf. 10, 34, no. 81.
Schoske & Wildung, 1993, p. 216, no. 137.
Grimm-Stadelmann, Munich, 2012, p. 42, no. R-137.

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