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Museum-Exhibited Egyptian Ptolemaic Spindle Bottle

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Description

Ancient Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332 to 30 BCE. An elegant pottery spindle jar featuring a classic form of an ovoid body, a slender, towering neck, and a folded rim, all sitting upon a petite, flared base. Vessels like this one would have been used to hold scented oils and perfumes. Size: 1.6" W x 3.7" H (4.1 cm x 9.4 cm)

Exhibited at the Drexel Museum, Philadelphia, 1895 to 1914; with the Drexel Institute Collection, Minneapolis Museum of Art, 1915 to 1958, ref. no. 16.559; at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) from 1986 to 1991; in the University of Arizona Museum of Art, October 1993 to December 1993; and in the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA), California State University, San Bernardino from 1998 to 2023, reference number EL01.091.1998

Provenance: Collection of Dr. W. Benson Harer, Los Angeles, California, USA; ex-Emil Brugsch Collection, curator of the Bulaq Museum, Cairo, Egypt; Exhibited at the Drexel Museum, Philadelphia, 1895 to 1914; with the Drexel Institute Collection, Minneapolis Museum of Art, 1915 to 1958, ref. no. 16.559; at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) from 1986 to 1991; in the University of Arizona Museum of Art, October 1993 to December 1993; and in the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA), California State University, San Bernardino from 1998 to 2023, reference number EL01.091.1998

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Condition

Chipping to base, as well as some small nicks and abrasions to surface as shown. Otherwise, intact and excellent with light earthen deposits. Old collection number inscribed on underside of foot.