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LOT 0027

Egyptian PreDynastic Black-Topped Jar

NAQADA I-II, 4000-3200 B.C.

5 1/2 in. (274 grams, 13.5 cm).

Of ovoid form tapering to a narrow flattened base.

Provenance

From the vendor's grandfather's collection, formed in the 1950s; thence by family descent circa 1974.

Literature

See Sowada, K.S., Black-Topped Ware in Early Dynastic Contexts, in Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, vol.85, 1999; Adams, B., Predynastic Egypt, Shire Egyptology 7, Princes Risborough, 1988; Petrie, W.M.F., Naqada and Ballas, London, 1895; Petrie, W.M.F., Corpus of Prehistoric Pottery and Palettes, London, 1921; Wodzinska, A., A Manual of Egyptian Pottery. Volume 1: Fayum A – Lower Egyptian Culture, Boston, 2010.

Footnotes

The 'black-topped' ware was the most common funerary pottery during Naqada I and Naqada II periods, with a small volume of production in the Naqada III, Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom periods.

CONDITION

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LOT 0027

Egyptian PreDynastic Black-Topped Jar

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430

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