AN EGYPTIAN BANDED ALABASTER ALABASTRON

Late Period, circa 664 – 332 BC. The elongated body on a rounded base, with a wide, thin disk rim, two vestigial lug handles. Fine condition. Mounted on a custom-made display stand. For similar see P. Günther and R. Wellauer, Ägyptische Steingefässe der Sammlung Rudolph Schmidt, Solothurn, Ägyptologische Hefte des Orientalischen Seminars der Universität Zürich, 1988, p.71, pl. 45, no. 172. Also, The Brooklyn Museum, US. No. 09.88994.Size: L:320mm / W:60mm ; 1.1kgProvenance: Private collection Zürich; previously private collection Baselland.