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Early Dynastic Period, 2nd Dynasty, 2793-2647 BC
Height: 9.7 cm; Width: 17.8 cm
Carved from an attractive veined Anorthosite gneiss (Chephren diorite), the deep bowl rises from a small flat base, the body rounded, the lip with sharp squared angle to the inner rim. The interior carved with a circular depression.
Condition: The bowl had been broken into 4 large sections, these now cleanly repaired with minimal fill and retouching. Extensive natural veining
Literature: For vessels of similar form see Sir W. M. Flinders Petrie, 'The Funeral Furniture of Egypt. Stone and Metal Vases' (reprinted Warminster, 1977), plate XXI, no. 341 and 346.
Provenance: Collection of Charles Haumont, Belgium, acquired 1990s
Early Dynastic Period, 2nd Dynasty, 2793-2647 BC
Height: 9.7 cm; Width: 17.8 cm
Carved from an attractive veined Anorthosite gneiss (Chephren diorite), the deep bowl rises from a small flat base, the body rounded, the lip with sharp squared angle to the inner rim. The interior carved with a circular depression.
Condition: The bowl had been broken into 4 large sections, these now cleanly repaired with minimal fill and retouching. Extensive natural veining
Literature: For vessels of similar form see Sir W. M. Flinders Petrie, 'The Funeral Furniture of Egypt. Stone and Metal Vases' (reprinted Warminster, 1977), plate XXI, no. 341 and 346.
Provenance: Collection of Charles Haumont, Belgium, acquired 1990s