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Description : Ancient Egypt, Old Kingdom, 3rd to 6th Dynasty, ca. 2686 to 2181 BCE. A beautiful offering cup of a petite size, hand-carved from speckled diorite of black and white hues. The inverted piriform body has a lightly-corseted form which tapers towards a bulged ring which surrounds the hollow base and expands to a thick rim and a shallow basin on top. Carved stone vessels like this example were intended to be filled with offerings and left as votives at temples or shrines devoted to specific deities. A fabulous and rare example from ancient Egypt! Size: 1.75 W x 2.1 H (4.4 cm x 5.3 cm). A stylistically-similar example, of a larger size and from the Middle Kingdom Period, hammered for GBP 8,125 ($10,642.37) at Christie's, London Antiquities auction (sale 10372, April 15, 2015, lot 38): Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection, ex-Sotheby's, New York Egyptian, Classical, and Western Asiatic Antiquities Including Property from the Collection of the Late Marion Schuster, Lausanne auction (December 7, 2001, part of lot 206) 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. #146199
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