EGYPTIAN ALABASTER PYRIFORM VESSEL Old Kingdom, Ca. 2600 - 2240 BC. An alabaster jar with an elongated pyriform body tapering towards a flat base. The shoulders curve upward into a short neck, surmounted by a wide, flat rim with a gently rounded edge. For similar see: Christie's, Live Auction 10372, Antiquities, Lot. 25. Size: 190mm x 95mm; Weight: 1.43kg 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.