Egyptian Alabaster Jar Egyptian Alabaster Jar Egyptian Alabaster Jar Egyptian Alabaster Jar
Egyptian Alabaster Jar
Egyptian Alabaster Jar
Egyptian Alabaster Jar
Egyptian Alabaster Jar

Egyptian Alabaster Jar

SKU: MS.0123

Origin: Egypt
Circa: Early Dynastic Period to Old Kingdom, 2nd to 4th Dynasty, 2750 BC to 2450 BC
Dimensions: 2.375" Height (6 cm)
Medium: Alabaster

This beautiful squat bodied vessel hails from the very earliest dynastic period in Egyptian art. Carved from an opaque creamy alabaster, it features a wide mouth, and a  round shoulder that elegantly tapers to a flat base.  The disc rim is separate from the bottom as shown and likely comes from another vessel altogether. 

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Dr. Rudolf Schmidt (1900-1970) collection, Solothurn, thence by descent to the present owner

The rim does not belong to the vessel.
Vessel: intact. A flaked chip approx. 1.5 cm. long max. just under the shoulder otherwise in good condition.
Rim: with hairline fracture. Various flaked chips to edge. Light dirt encrustation.

P. Günther and R. Wellauer, Ägyptische Steingefässe der Sammlung Rudolph Schmidt, Solothurn, Ägyptologische Hefte des Orientalischen Seminars der Universität Zürich, 1988, p. 69, pl. 45, no 165.

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Late Dynastic

Egyptian Alabaster Jar

Late Dynastic

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