Middle Kingdom, circa 2035-1665 B.C. Barrel-shaped with broad flat rim; with later hieroglyphic inscription to the lid. Cf. Guidotti, M.C., Vasi dall’epoca protodinastica al Nuovo Regno, Museo Egizio di Firenze, Rome, 1991, pp.120-121, for examples. 115 grams, 47 mm high with lid (1 7/8 in.).

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection since the late 1990s.

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