Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN ALABASTER OFFERING PLATE

EGYPTIAN ALABASTER OFFERING PLATE - Old Kingdom, Ca. 2900 - 2200 BC. A large, shallow plate carved from alabaster with warm beige, honey, and soft orange veining across the surface. The interior is smoothly concave, gradually sloping from the rounded rim towards the centre. Size: 400mm x 410mm; Weight: 7.4kgProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.