Lot 892
Alabaster Lot -- a Vase and a Weight. Egypt, Middle Kingdom and Ptolemaic Eras. Earliest is a small jar, similar to that in a previous lot: but shoulders rounded, and a smaller mouth. From the Greek, or Graeco-Roman periods, a finely cut weight(?) of cylindrical shape. This is not what one expects for a loom weight, which were rough and ready, and strictly functional. The artistry seen here bespeaks a mechanical contraption which may have required pendant weights of some kind. There were brilliant, innovative mechanical tinkerers in the Hellenistic period -- one need only think of Archimedes. Any way, jar generally fine, with minor trimming to lip. Weight in choice condition. Height if weight: 6". Lot of 2 items.
Estimated Value $350 - 450.
"Old Grand Tour Collection," c. pre-1930. Both with inked letters on bases.
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