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An Egyptian Alabaster Beaker, Old Kingdom, 5th-6th Dynasty, circa 2520-2195 B.C.

Live auction begins on:

October 22, 06:00 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Bid

2,800 USD

Lot Details

Description

An Egyptian Alabaster Beaker, Old Kingdom, 5th-6th Dynasty, circa 2520-2195 B.C.


of slightly flaring cylindrical form, with splayed foot and everted rim.


alabaster

height 8½ in.

21.5 cm

Dr. Th. G. Appelboom Collection, Netherlands, before 1964;

With Archea Ancient Art, Amsterdam;

W. Arnold Meijer Collection, the Netherlands, acquired from the above, June 2003;

Bonhams, London, July 4th, 2024, lot 268, illus.;

Where acquired by the present collector.

Allard Pierson Museum, Archaeological Museum of the University of Amsterdam, Objecten voor de Eeuwigheid, November 17th, 2006 - March 25th, 2007;

Mannheim, Reiss-Engelhorn-Museum, SteinHart. Altägyptische Gefäße von ewiger Schönheit, Museum Weltkulturen, November 11th, 2018 - February 10th, 2019.

C.A.R. Andrews and J. van Dijk, Objects for Eternity. Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Mainz, 2006, no. 1.18, p. 32;

W. Arnold Meijer, Masters of Stone. Egyptian Stone Vessels from Predynastic Times to the Middle Kingdom, Amsterdam, 2018, p. 58, no. 50a.