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Description : Ancient Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1991 to 1802 BCE. A beautiful example of a hand-carved banded alabaster kohl jar. Boasting attractive honey-yellow hues interspersed with opaque white banding, the vessel exhibits a planar base beneath an apple-shaped body, a rounded shoulder, a squat neck, and a discoid rim surrounding the mouth. The flat design of the rim indicates that a lid was present at one time, perhaps with a petite hole to accommodate a slender applicator. Expert ancient polishing techniques have rendered smooth the surfaces of this vessel and create a nice luster. Size: 3.75 H (9.5 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 pigment to imitate this beautiful stone. Provenance: private Beverly Hills, California, USA collection, ex-private Zurich, Switzerland collection, since the 1970s 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. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #172384
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