Jar

1973.1.249

Information

Cylindrical jar with everted rim and flat base. Walls of vessel are 12 mm in thickness. Side marked neatly in black R.1. Auction label adhered to the surface "947/3". CONDITION NOTE 1998: Chipped, some surface cracks, abrided, surface dirt, discolouration, label adhered to surface. Wellcome Historical Medical Museum no. 15732/2 "Cylindrical vessel in alabaster of rough finish. 6¾" high 5½" diameter". Purchased at Sotheby's, London, 26 June - 6 July 1922 (William MacGregor collection) Lot 947/3: "A Vase, of ovoid shape, in banded alabaster, 4 1/4 in. high by 4 in. diam.; also a cylindrical Vessel, in alabaster, with flat bottom and slightly projecting rim, 4 1/4 in. high by 2 3/4 in. diam; another, of rough and heavy make, 7 in. high by 5 1/4 in. diam.".