Egyptian Alabaster Bowl with Incised Inner Circle
Egyptian Alabaster Bowl with Incised Inner Circle
Old Kingdom, circa 2700–2513 B.C. Squat bowl with returned lip to the rim, incised ring to the centre. Cf. Guidotti, M.C., Vasi dall’epoca protodinastica al Nuovo Regno, Museo Egizio di Firenze, Rome, 1991, p.78, no.11. 749 grams, 21 cm wide (8 1/4 in.).
Acquired from Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie FRS FBA (1853-1942), who had both found and repaired the piece; a British Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and the preservation of artefacts. From the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020.
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Egyptian Alabaster Bowl with Incised Inner Circle
Old Kingdom, circa 2700–2513 B.C. Squat bowl with returned lip to the rim, incised ring to the centre. Cf. Guidotti, M.C., Vasi dall’epoca protodinastica al Nuovo Regno, Museo Egizio di Firenze, Rome, 1991, p.78, no.11. 749 grams, 21 cm wide (8 1/4 in.).
Acquired from Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie FRS FBA (1853-1942), who had both found and repaired the piece; a British Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and the preservation of artefacts. From the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020.