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LOT 0405
Egyptian Terracotta Cylindrical Jar
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.
Provenancewith 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.
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.
FootnotesThese 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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LOT 0405
Egyptian Terracotta Cylindrical Jar
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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