An Egyptian banded alabaster squat jar, probably Third Intermediate Period - Late Period, 21st - 27th Dynasty, 1070 - 404 B.C.

An Egyptian banded alabaster squat jar, probably Third Intermediate Period - Late Period, 21st - 27th Dynasty, 1070 - 404 B.C., with broad and flat circular rim above a deeply waisted neck and the round bottom body, 12cm high, 25.5cm diameter

Provenance: Private Collection, Oxfordshire. Reputedly brought back from Egypt after World War II

Though more substantial in proportion, the shape and distinctive broad rim of the present lot can be compared to a number of surviving Kohl jars of the period. See for example Metropolitan Museum of Art, 16.10.431.
An alabaster vessel of probably earlier date but similar convex and broad-rimmed outline was sold at Christie's London, Antiquities, 1 October 2014, lot 9.

Condition Report:
Marks, scratches and abrasions comensurate with age and use. Some old chips of loss. Some old losses/faults appear to have been disguised by filler (see images) Additional abrasions at the base where it has been put down. Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition