Auction 001 Part 2
TimeLine Auctions Antiquities Sale - Day 2
By TimeLine Auction Limited
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Mar 6, 2024
The Court House, 363 Main Road, Harwich, CO12 4DN, UK
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- Egyptian (Lots 451-524)
- Greek (Lots 525-647)
- Roman (Lots 648-751)
15:30
- Roman (Lots 752-948)
- Byzantine (Lots 949-990)
- Archaeological Books (Lots 991-1093)
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LOT 478:
Egyptian Globular Alabaster Jar
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Sold for: £1,200
Start price:
£
900
Estimated price :
£1,000 - £1,400
Buyer's Premium: 36%
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Egyptian Globular Alabaster Jar
Late Old Kingdom-First Intermediate Period, circa 2513-2165 B.C. With globular body, short neck and thin, wide rim; part of the rim restored. Cf. Guidotti, M.C., Vasi dall’epoca protodinastica al Nuovo Regno, Museo Egizio di Firenze, Rome, 1991, p.116 (no.101, inv.3321), for a comparable example dated to the First Intermediate Period; Aston, B.G., Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels: Materials and Forms, SAGA 5, Heidelberg, 1994, p.85, fig.14, pp.137-138, for definition, dating and examples of this vessel type. 310 grams, 98 mm (3 7/8 in.).
Ex Waltz collection, Munich, Germany, circa 1970s.with Gorny & Mosch, Auction 206, no.12.Accompanied by copies of the relevant Gorny & Mosch catalogue pages.
Such vessels have been found at numerous sites including Naga ed-Deir, Saqqara, and Badari. (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.)
