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Estimate
GBP (£) 300 - 400
EUR (€) 350 - 460
USD ($) 400 - 540
EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD, NAQADA IIIC, CIRCA 3100 B.C.
8 5/8 in. (950 grams, 22 cm).
Band of imitation rope-twist decoration encircling the top of the jar, the mouth slightly flaring with a slightly damaged rolled lip.
PROVENANCE:
with Bonhams, London, 1 May 2008, no.432 [Part].
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00035996.
Accompanied by a copy of relevant Bonhams catalogue pages.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Knoblauch, C., “Royal cult and burial in the Egyptian 1st Dynasty: The Early Dynastic pottery from the royal enclosures Aha II and III at Abydos,” Archéo-Nil 24 (2014), 136-138, fig.12, for similar examples and discussion.
FOOTNOTES:
These vessels often exhibit different surface treatments; the rim and area above the rope twist show marks where the vessel was rotated to produce the rim, and below, the rest of the jar has a scrape-smoothed surface.
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