Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN ALABASTER VESSEL

EGYPTIAN ALABASTER VESSEL - Ca. 2900 - 2200 BC. A slender alabaster vessel with an elongated piriform body tapering to a pointed base and a short cylindrical neck widening into a rounded, everted rim. The stone presents pale cream tones with diffuse brown veining encircling the body.Size: 140mm x 80mm; Weight: 800gProvenance: Private UK collection; previously in a private collection, Oxford, 1980s. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.