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Description : Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A sizable jar, hand-carved from a creamy white alabaster with darker banded inclusions. The piriform body rests upon a disc-shaped foot, with a lightly-rolled shoulder tracing upwards to a corseted neck and a pair of small lug handles. The discoid lid has a drilled central hole and sits snugly atop the vessel. This type of vessel would have likely held oils and perhaps animal fats to be used as moisturizers or other salves to protect against the harsh Egyptian sun. Size: 3.25 W x 3.3 H (8.3 cm x 8.4 cm) Alabaster, which is a form of gypsum or calcite, was quarried along the length of the Nile River, from Giza to just south of Luxor, and the Egyptians made its carved forms famous throughout the ancient world. A thousand years later, while less common than black-figure or red-figure techniques, the Greeks made vessels like this out of pottery and painted them with white clay paint to imitate this beautiful stone. Provenance: ex-Phoenicia Holyland Antiquities, ex-Edgar L. Owen. Catalogue published on Thursday August 21, 1997, lot # 234 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #155750
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