ANCIENT EGYPTIAN EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD VASE
EGYPT, 1ST DYNASTY, C. 2972-2793 B.C.
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Auction: 13 March 2025 from 13:00 GMT
Description
carved alabaster, the ovoid body rises from a low flat foot to a narrow rimmed mouth with rounded lip, the underside with the remnants of an old inventory number
Dimensions
10.5cm high
Provenance
Godfrey Peckitt Collection, Washington D.C., before 1962, bequeathed in 1962 to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1962–2006
Sotheby’s New York, December 2006
Galerie Chenel, Paris, 2000s
Private collection (R.L.), Belgium, 2000s–present