Lot 10
10
AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER JAR
PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK CITY PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER JAR

NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, 1550-1295 B.C.

Details
AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER JAR
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, 1550-1295 B.C.
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) wide
Provenance
Dr. Rudolf Schmidt (1900-1970), Solothurn; thence by descent.
The Resandro Collection, Munich, acquired from the above.
The Resandro Collection, Christie's, London, 6 December 2016, lot 108.
Literature
P. Günther and R. Wellauer, Ägyptische Steingefässe der Sammlung Rudolph Schmidt, Solothurn, Zurich, 1988, p. 26, no. 46, pls. 5 and 30.
I. Grimm-Stadelmann, ed., Aesthetic Glimpses: Masterpieces of Ancient Egyptian Art, The Resandro Collection, Munich, 2012, p. 44, no. R-148.

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Lot Essay

The shape of this jar (the high neck, everted rim, bulging lower section, and footed base) has a close parallel in serpentine from Tomb 132 at Sedment from the late 18th Dynasty (see W. M. F. Petrie and G. Brunton, Sedment, vol. 2, pl. LIX, 17).

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