Large footed chalice. Compare shape with W. M. F. Petrie, 'Stone and Metal Vases' (London, 1937) no. 817.

Purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1922 (MacGregor sale) Lot 989/3: "A cup-shaped Vase, on low stem with ring foot, 2 3/4 in. high, in fine arragonite; a Vase, of globular-shape, with rounded base and short neck, 3 1/2 in. high, in banded arragonite; and a pear-shaped Vase, with rounded ring lip in the same stone, 3 3/4 in. high, found at Reqaqnah (Tomb 40), 1901-2, 3rd Dynasty."

CONDITION NOTE 1998: Chipped, scratched, surface dirt.

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Large footed chalice. Compare shape with W. M. F. Petrie, 'Stone and Metal Vases' (London, 1937) no. 817. Purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1922 (MacGregor sale) Lot 989/3: "A cup-shaped Vase, on low stem with ring foot, 2 3/4 in. high, in fine arragonite; a Vase, of globular-shape, with rounded base and short neck, 3 1/2 in. high, in banded arragonite; and a pear-shaped Vase, with rounded ring lip in the same stone, 3 3/4 in. high, found at Reqaqnah (Tomb 40), 1901-2, 3rd Dynasty." CONDITION NOTE 1998: Chipped, scratched, surface dirt.

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