EGYPTIAN ALABASTER BOWL Old Kingdom, Ca. 2600 - 2240 BC. A bowl carved from alabaster with sharply tapering walls, rising from a narrow flat base to a wide circular mouth with a finely smoothed rim. For similar see: G. Ali Hassaan, Mechanical Engineering in Ancient Egypt, Part 49: Alabaster Products (Predynastic to Old Kingdom Periods), F. 14, Royal bowl from 1st Dynasty. Size: 130mm x 65mm; Weight: 215g Provenance: Private London collection; previously in a 1980s Mayfair Family private collection. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.