Jar

1977.112.173

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Jar with incurving top, raised rim and carinated profile. Base marked in pencil 14002. Compare with W. M. F. Petrie, Stone and Metal Vases (London, 1937) no. 434. Handwritten label with the object: "Egyptian alabaster bowl. De Rustafjaell coll: cat: No. 163 - £7-...". CONDITION NOTE (1998): Incomplete, large area of loss, running cracks, scratched, chipped, label adhered to surface, surface dirt. Danson Catalogue 2: number not recorded. Purchased at Sotheby's, London, 20-24 January 1913 (Robert de Rustafjaell collection) Lot 163: "Three shallow Cups or Bowls, one narrowing-in at top and with slight rim around the mouth (PI. XIII)".