Royal-Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World, Volume XXVI - 2015

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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.

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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