Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN ALABASTER KOHL POT

EGYPTIAN ALABASTER KOHL POT - New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. A squat jar carved from pale honey-toned alabaster, with a compact body tapering to a low ring foot. The vessel rises from a sloped shoulder to a narrow neck, flaring into a broad, disc-like rim with a flat upper surface.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 16.10.238a, b; A. Bevan, Stone Vessels and Values in theBronze Age Mediterranean, Cat. E164.Size: 55mm x 50mm; Weight: 180gProvenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Belgian art market in the 1990s.Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.