AN EGYPTIAN PRE-DYNASTIC POTTERY JAR
AN EGYPTIAN PRE-DYNASTIC POTTERY JAR

NAQADA III, CIRCA 3000 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN PRE-DYNASTIC POTTERY JAR
NAQADA III, CIRCA 3000 B.C.
The slightly tapering cylindrical body decorated with a wavy line in raised relief below the everted rim, 10 in. (25 cm.) high; a Cypriot bichrome-ware pottery jug, decorated with crimson and umber vertical bands, 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high; another Cypriot pottery jar with umber encircling bands, 5 in. (12.5 cm.) high, both circa 750-475 B.C.; a group of six Cypriot and Roman pottery vessels, all circa 1st millennium B.C. - 4th Century A.D., 10 in. (25 cm.) high max; a Roman pottery oil lamp, 4 in. (10 cm.) long; and an Islamic stone grenade-shape vessel, 10th-11th Century A.D., 4¾ in. (12 cm.) high (11)
Provenance
Acquired in the 1980s.

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