203 EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM ALABASTER MORTAR-SHAPED VESSEL with flaring sides, two lug handles; polished surface. XIIth-XIIIth Dynasty, ca. 2133-1790 BC. H. 2 in. (5.1 cm); W. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm) Ex collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired from Lord McAlpine in July 1988. 204 EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM SQUAT BANDED ALABASTER VESSEL with short body and wide disk rim. XVIIIth-XXth Dynasty, ca.1570-1079 BC. W. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm.); H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) Ex collections of Allen L. Owens, Connecticut; Dr. David Landau, Newton, Massachusetts, Parke-Bernet, December 1969; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired from Grogan & Co., Boston, in December 1991. 205 EGYPTIAN MIDDLE TO NEW KINGDOM BANDED ALABASTER JAR of tubular form, the sides flaring outwards to a broad disc rim. Ca. 2050-1450 BC. H. 3 in. (7.8 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at Bonham’s, London, in April 1999. Cf. William C. Hayes: The Scepter of Egypt, vol. II, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1990, p. 67, fig. 35 for a similar example. 206 EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM ORANGE AND WHITE MOTTLED MARBLE KOHL JAR Early XVIIIth Dynasty, ca. 1567-1450 BC. H. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired from G. Cohen, Paris, in October 1988.
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