PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, NAQADA II-III, CIRCA 3500-3000 B.C.

Details

AN EGYPTIAN BLACK-TOPPED POTTERY JAR
PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, NAQADA II-III, CIRCA 3500-3000 B.C.
Of ovoid form with flat base, with an incised pot mark on the side
6 3/8 in. (16.5 cm.) high

Provenance

with Seiyo Bijutsu Gallery, Osaka, 1964.
Private collection, Japan, acquired from the above in the 1970s.
Accompanied by an Ichikawa Kiyoshi (1898-1987) presentation box.

Literature

B. Seiyo, Ancient Art of Mediterranean Lands, Osaka, 1964, no. 4.

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Lot Essay

For early vases with pot marks see Catalogue of Egyptian Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999, p. 168, no. 109, and W. Needler, Predynastic and Archaic Egypt in The Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1984, pp. 148-150 for a list of pot marks in the Brooklyn collection.

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