PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, NAQADA I-II, CIRCA 4000-3200 B.C.

Details

AN EGYPTIAN GRANODIORITE JAR
PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, NAQADA I-II, CIRCA 4000-3200 B.C.
The squat vessel rounded with a wide disc rim
8½ in. (21.7 cm.) high

Provenance

Dr. Rudolf Schmidt (1900-1970) collection, Solothurn, thence by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
P. Günther and R. Wellauer, Ägyptische Steingefässe der Sammlung Rudolf Schmidt, Solothurn, Ägyptologische Hefte des Orientalischen Seminars der Universität Zürich, 1988, p.76, pl. 47, no. 185.

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