OLD KINGDOM, CIRCA 2686-2160 B.C.

Details

AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER BOWL
OLD KINGDOM, CIRCA 2686-2160 B.C.
With curving sides on a rounded base, the rim gently inward-curving
8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.) diam.

Provenance

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

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