PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, NAQADA II, CIRCA 3400-3300 B.C.

Details

AN EGYPTIAN POTTERY JAR
PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, NAQADA II, CIRCA 3400-3300 B.C.
12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) wide

Provenance

with Spink & Son.
Dr. Rudolf Schmidt (1900-1970), Solothurn, acquired from the above, 2 November 1954; thence by descent.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
M. Page-Gasser & A. B. Wiese, Ägypten Augenblicke der Ewigkeit: Unbekannte Schätze aus Schweizer Privatbesitz, Mainz, 1997, p. 38, no.17C.

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