VASE WITH LID
Calcified alabaster. Biconical... Lot 214
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VASE WITH LID
Calcified alabaster. Biconical body with flat lip. The lid (not relevant) has a circular opening with a rounded lip. Similar types of vase, sometimes with a more angular profiling, are attested at the very beginning of the Egyptian dynastic period.
H. 10 cm; Diam. 16 cm.
Egypt, Thinite period, early 3rd millennium B.C.
Provenance: Michel Goughassian Collection (1943-2020), assembled mainly on the Paris art market in auction rooms and galleries.
A Thinite calcificated alabaster cosmetic vase with lid. A globular vase made up of two parts, the lower one is a simple bowlwith a flat circular bottom, while the upper one, with a circular opening with rounded lip, forms the lid of the vessel. Similar types of vases, sometimes with a more angular profile, are attested at the very beginning of the Egyptian dynastic period. Early 3rd millenium B.C.
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