AN EGYPTIAN BLACK-TOPPED POTTERY JAR

PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, NAQADA II, 3500-3200 B.C.

Details
AN EGYPTIAN BLACK-TOPPED POTTERY JAR
PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, NAQADA II, 3500-3200 B.C.
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Edmund Drummond Libbey (1854-1925), Toledo, Ohio.
The Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, gifted from the above, 1906 (Acc. no. 1906.213).
Storied Treasures: Antiquities from the Toledo Museum of Art, Christie’s, New York, 19-26 October 2016, lot 8.
Literature
Catalogue of a Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, Brought Together and Presented to The Toledo Museum of Art by Mr. Edward Drummond Libbey, Toledo, 1906, p. 36, no. 213.

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