Egyptian Alabaster Jar

with bulbous body and long tubular neck with rolled rim, an incised and painted floral collar at the shoulder, “tied” around the back of the vase, and a single loop handle.

New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX (ca. 1304-1195 BC)

Height: 10.1 cm. (4 in.)

#4648

Collection of Gaston Maspero, Paris (1846-1916). French passport 094498, dated 24 August, 2007.

Exhibited:
Antiquarium Ltd. with Salon 94; Frieze Masters, London (5-8 October 2017) (2017)

Published:
Antiquarium, Ltd.; Ancient Treasures VII. (New York, 2009) p.5

Comparandum:Museum of Fine Arts Boston; Egypt’s Golden Age: The Art of Living in the New Kingdom. 1558-1085 BC (Boston, 1982) no.114Kayser, Hans; Agyptisches Kunsthandwerk (Braunschweig, 1969) p.100, no.93