A Predynastic banded alabaster 'snake' jar
Naqada II, circa 3100 B.C.
Of cylindrical tapering form with rounded rim, a wavy snake carved encircling the jar below the rim, with four suspension holes drilled through the snake's body
5 in. (12.8 cm.) high
拍品專文
Cf. F. Petrie, Funeral Furniture and Stone Vases, London, 1937, pl. II, no. 21 and pl. VI, no. 2 for the type.