MAGNIFICENT EGYPTIAN PAINTED ALABASTER CERIMONIAL JAR. New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. A ceremonial jar carved from alabaster with a tubular body ending in a rounded base and a straight cylindrical rim. The upper portion is decorated with a painted frieze of stylised lotus columns. Below, a large central panel depicts a vertical arrangement of three floral elements: a lotus blossom flanked by two poppy seed capsules. For similar see: Egiitto splendore millenariom la collezione di Leiden a Bologna, Skira Editore, Cat. VI.33 and VI.34; For similar see: A. Bevan, Stone Vessel and Values in The Bronze Age Mediterranean, Cambridge, University college London, Institute of Archaeology, 2007; p.147. Size: 300mm x 160mm; Weight: 3.83kg Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Collector's Eye - Thalassic Collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. Lot. 42. Lot 74C. This piece is accompanied by an authentication report from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.