192 EGYPTIAN EARLY DYNASTIC LARGE MOTTLED GREEN SERPENTINE BOWL, the body sloping down to the flat base. The lip deeply under cut with gently rounded edge. Superb example. Ist Dynasty, ca. 3050-2890 BC. Diam. 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in Brussels in May 2001.
E gyptian Stone V essels 188 EGYPTIAN PREDYNASTIC BEIGE CALCITE OVOID JAR of elongated form with two pierced lug handles; with spotted pyrolusite inclusions. Naqada II, ca. 3200 BC. H. 2 5/8 in. (6.5 cm.) Ex Monnier Collection, Paris; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at the Drouot, Paris, in February 1996. 189 EGYPTIAN PREDYNASTIC LARGE BRECCIA MARBLE OVOID JAR of elegant proportions with two pierced lug handles and attractive reddish-brown veining. Naqada II, ca. 3200 BC. H. 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) Ex Monnier Collection, Paris; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at the Drouot, Paris, in February 1996. 190 EGYPTIAN PREDYNASTIC SMALL BEIGE OVOID MARBLE JAR with black dendritic veining and two small pierced lug handles. Naqada II, ca. 3200 BC. H. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm.) Ex Monnier Collection, Paris; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at the Drouot, Paris, in February 1996. 191 EGYPTIAN PREDYNASTIC SMALL BRECCIATED MARBLE COSMETIC JAR of globular form with flaring flat lip. Naqada II, ca. 3200 BC. H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in Paris, in May 1992.
193 EGYPTIAN EARLY DYNASTIC LARGE BANDED ALABASTER BOWL with curved sides and inturned rim. Ist-IIIrd Dynasty, ca. 2920-2613 BC. Diam. 9 in. (22.9 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at Christie’s, London, in July 1991. 194 EGYPTIAN OLD KINGDOM LARGE BANDED ALABASTER BOWL of elegant proportions, with curved sides and inturned rim. IVth Dynasty, ca. 2613-2160 BC. Diam. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired from Pytheas, Paris, in April 2004.
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