EGYPTIAN ALABASTER VESSEL Old Kingdom, Ca. 2600 - 2240 BC. An alabaster vessel with an elongated ovoid body tapering towards a rounded base, the shoulders smoothly contoured and rising to a cylindrical neck, surmounted by a wide, disc-shaped rim. For similar see: K. Lilyquisit, Egyptian Stone Vessel, Fig. 152, KV62. Size: 132mm x 46mm; Weight: 255g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously with a London gallery; formerly in R.F. private collection, Switzerland, 1960s-1990s. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.