Lot Essay
For similar shaped offering table, cf. A. El-Khouli, Egyptian Stone Vessels, Predynastic Period to Dynasty III, Mainz am Rhein, 1978, no. 5397.
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Property from a German private collection
AN EGYPTIAN POTTERY 'NET' JAR AND A LIMESTONE OFFERING TABLE
NAQADA II, CIRCA 3200 B.C. AND OLD KINGDOM, CIRCA 2686-2181 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN POTTERY 'NET' JAR AND A LIMESTONE OFFERING TABLE
NAQADA II, CIRCA 3200 B.C. AND OLD KINGDOM, CIRCA 2686-2181 B.C.
8 3/5 in. (22 cm.) high and 11 1/3 in. (28.8 cm.) diam., respectively
NAQADA II, CIRCA 3200 B.C. AND OLD KINGDOM, CIRCA 2686-2181 B.C.
8 3/5 in. (22 cm.) high and 11 1/3 in. (28.8 cm.) diam., respectively
Provenance
Offering table: Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, 21 March 1968, lot 46.
German private collection, acquired at the above sale; thence by descent to the present owner.
Net jar: Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, 21 November 1967, lot 7.
German private collection, acquired at the above sale; thence by descent to the present owner.
German private collection, acquired at the above sale; thence by descent to the present owner.
Net jar: Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, 21 November 1967, lot 7.
German private collection, acquired at the above sale; thence by descent to the present owner.
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