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For a similar example see p. 19, fig. 11 in Hayes, The Scepter of Egypt, I.
PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3800-3300 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN POTTERY FEMALE FIGURE
PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3800-3300 B.C.
Hand-modelled of burnished reddish-brown fabric fired to black in places, depicted seated, the legs a single tapering mass, the arms lowered, the stomach protruding, the rounded rectangular head with a pinched nose
4¾ in. (12 cm.) long
PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3800-3300 B.C.
Hand-modelled of burnished reddish-brown fabric fired to black in places, depicted seated, the legs a single tapering mass, the arms lowered, the stomach protruding, the rounded rectangular head with a pinched nose
4¾ in. (12 cm.) long
Provenance
Japanese Private Collection, 1970s.
Literature
M. Suzuki and A. Hori, eds., Egypt - The Emergence and Development of Dynastic Civilization, 1990, p. 27, no. 17.
T. Makiko, ed., Fertility Goddess of the Ancient Orient, Tokyo, 1994, p.12.
T. Makiko, ed., Fertility Goddess of the Ancient Orient, Tokyo, 1994, p.12.
Exhibited
Tokyo, Ancient Orient Museum, and elsewhere, Egypt - The Emergence and Development of Dynastic Civilization, 1990.
Tokyo, Ancient Orient Museum, Fertility Goddess of the Ancient Orient, 1994.
Tokyo, Ancient Orient Museum, Fertility Goddess of the Ancient Orient, 1994.
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G. Max Bernheimer
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