Bowl

Stone bowl with convex sides, incurving rim, flat base. Broken and mended together from seven pieces. Compare with Ali el-Khouli, ‘Egyptian Stone Vessels, Predynastic Period to Dynasty III: Typology and Analysis’ (Mainz, 1978) no. 3241. Wellcome Historical Medical Museum accession no. 172790: "BOWL. Alabaster; XIXth Dynasty. Egypt." Purchased at Stevens', London, 16-17 September 1930 Lot 465: Two fine alabaster bowls, 19th dynasty (Egypt)". CONDITION NOTE (1998): Previous repair, cracks to break edges, surface dirt, worn.