Lot Essay
For a similar 27th Dynasty jar cf. Jar with the name of the Achaemenid King, Xerxes the Great, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc. no. 14.2.8.
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THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD-LATE PERIOD, 21ST-27TH DYNASTY, 1070-404 B.C.
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A LARGE EGYPTIAN ALABASTER JAR
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD-LATE PERIOD, 21ST-27TH DYNASTY, 1070-404 B.C.
The body tapering out to a flat base, with wide offset rim and twin vestigial lug handles
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD-LATE PERIOD, 21ST-27TH DYNASTY, 1070-404 B.C.
The body tapering out to a flat base, with wide offset rim and twin vestigial lug handles
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Reputedly once in the collection of the Austrian Imperial Family.
Erica von Frey collection.
Dr. Rudolf Schmidt (1900-1970) collection, Solothurn, acquired 23rd November 1953 in New York; thence by descent to the present owner.
PUBLISHED:
P. Günther and R. Wellauer, Ägyptische Steingefässe der Sammlung Rudolph Schmidt, Solothurn, Ägyptologische Hefte des Orientalischen Seminars der Universität Zürich, 1988, p. 27, pl. 30, no. 48.
Erica von Frey collection.
Dr. Rudolf Schmidt (1900-1970) collection, Solothurn, acquired 23rd November 1953 in New York; thence by descent to the present owner.
PUBLISHED:
P. Günther and R. Wellauer, Ägyptische Steingefässe der Sammlung Rudolph Schmidt, Solothurn, Ägyptologische Hefte des Orientalischen Seminars der Universität Zürich, 1988, p. 27, pl. 30, no. 48.
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