Lot Essay
For the type compare the jar excavated by de Morgan at El Masa'id, no. 75 in Needler, Predynastic and Archaic Egypt in The Brooklyn Museum.
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NAQADA III, 3250-3100 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN POTTERY JAR
NAQADA III, 3250-3100 B.C.
The fabric light red, of tapering cylindrical form, with a hand-worked scalloped band high on the neck, the rim flaring, the body painted in dark brown slip with a net pattern, the net elongated below the scalloped band, compressed above
13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm.) high
NAQADA III, 3250-3100 B.C.
The fabric light red, of tapering cylindrical form, with a hand-worked scalloped band high on the neck, the rim flaring, the body painted in dark brown slip with a net pattern, the net elongated below the scalloped band, compressed above
13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm.) high
Provenance
with Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo, 1977 (The Fifth International Art Exhibition, Syria, Egypt, Greece, Rome, no. 6).
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer
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