EGYPTIAN ALABASTER TALL VESSEL

Old Kingdom, Ca. 2640 - 2150 BC. An alabaster alabastron carved with a piriform body connected to a short cylindrical neck. The upper body of the vessel has two short handles. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 74.51.5101. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. Size: 190mm x 115mm; Weight: 1.64kg Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.

Estimate: GBP 300 - 600