Lot Essay
Item one: cf. W. Needler, Predynastic and Archaic Egypt in the Brooklyn Museum, The Brooklyn Museum, 1984, pp. 179-180, no. 17, pl. 4, for similar from El Ma'mariya.
LATE NAQADA II/EARLY NAQADA III, CIRCA 3400-3100 B.C.
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A PREDYNASTIC RED POLISHED POTTERY JAR
LATE NAQADA II/EARLY NAQADA III, CIRCA 3400-3100 B.C.
Of ovoid form with flattened base, and everted rounded rim; another similar of rounded form with short neck and everted rim, repaired, Naqada III, circa 3200-3000 B.C.
10.5/8 in. (27 cm.) and 5.7/8 in. (15 cm.) high respectively (2)
LATE NAQADA II/EARLY NAQADA III, CIRCA 3400-3100 B.C.
Of ovoid form with flattened base, and everted rounded rim; another similar of rounded form with short neck and everted rim, repaired, Naqada III, circa 3200-3000 B.C.
10.5/8 in. (27 cm.) and 5.7/8 in. (15 cm.) high respectively (2)