Egyptian Alabaster Cylindrical Storage Vessel
The Peter Clayton Egyptian Collection (Lots 1-32 & 391-500)
Old Kingdom, 5th-6th Dynasty, circa 2300-2100 B.C. Tubular type with an everted rounded rim; old dealer's note 'Alabaster cylindrical storage vessel, semi-translucent and with veining. Small abrasion to outturned flattened rim. Probably alabaster quarries at Hatnub, to north of el-Amarna. Egypt, early Dynastic, Vth-VIth Dynasties, c.2300-2100 BC. Bought Spitalfields Market, Thursday 12/1/19'. Cf. Guidotti, M.C., Vasi dall?epoca protodinastica al Nuovo Regno, Museo Egizio di Firenze, Rome, 1991, p. 85, no. 28, for a vessel of similar form. 508 grams, 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.). [No Reserve]
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
TimeLine Auctions follows a rigorous vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists. See our website for more information.
The Peter Clayton Egyptian Collection (Lots 1-32 & 391-500)
Old Kingdom, 5th-6th Dynasty, circa 2300-2100 B.C. Tubular type with an everted rounded rim; old dealer's note 'Alabaster cylindrical storage vessel, semi-translucent and with veining. Small abrasion to outturned flattened rim. Probably alabaster quarries at Hatnub, to north of el-Amarna. Egypt, early Dynastic, Vth-VIth Dynasties, c.2300-2100 BC. Bought Spitalfields Market, Thursday 12/1/19'. Cf. Guidotti, M.C., Vasi dall?epoca protodinastica al Nuovo Regno, Museo Egizio di Firenze, Rome, 1991, p. 85, no. 28, for a vessel of similar form. 508 grams, 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.). [No Reserve]
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
TimeLine Auctions follows a rigorous vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists. See our website for more information.
