Lot Essay
Cf. W. Needler, Predynastic and Archaic Egypt in the Brooklyn Museum, The Brooklyn Museum, 1984, p. 215, no. 73, pl. 20, for similar from Abu Zaidan, Upper Egypt.
NAQADA III, CIRCA 3200-3000 B.C.
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A PREDYNASTIC PAINTED POTTERY JAR
NAQADA III, CIRCA 3200-3000 B.C.
The reddish buffware cylindrical body painted with dark purple criss-cross bands imitating the net in which vessels were carried, and decorated in relief with a scalloped line below the everted rounded rim
7.5/8 in. (19.5 cm.) high
NAQADA III, CIRCA 3200-3000 B.C.
The reddish buffware cylindrical body painted with dark purple criss-cross bands imitating the net in which vessels were carried, and decorated in relief with a scalloped line below the everted rounded rim
7.5/8 in. (19.5 cm.) high