EGYPTIAN ALABASTER VESSEL Old Kingdom, Ca. 2600 - 2240 BC. A vessel carved from banded alabaster with an ovoid body tapering towards a flat base. The neck is short and subtly concave, surmounted by a wide collar rim with a thickened lip. For similar see: Christie's, Live Auction 10372, Antiquities, Lot. 27 . Size: 130mm x 70mm; Weight: 755g 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.