Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN ALABASTER TALL VESSEL

EGYPTIAN ALABASTER TALL VESSEL - Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC. An alabaster alabastron with a piriform body connected to a short cylindrical neck and a folded rim. 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: 150mm x 85mm; Weight: 585g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.