Egyptian Pottery Cylindrical Jar with Maker's Mark, Pre-Dynastic Period, Naqada III, c. 3200-3000 B.C.

(Naqada III Jar)

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Item No.

34.37452

Culture

Egypt, Pre-Dynastic Period, Naqada III, c. 3200-3000 B.C. 

Item Details.

The smooth body decorated with a wavy-handled incised decoration, the rim slightly flaring with a rolled lip, the base flat with a bird-like maker's mark on the underside.
Literature: For similar, see W. Needler, Predynastic and Archaic Egypt in the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, 1984, p.216, no. 75.

Provenance: Private collection of a botanist and Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, who was posted to Egypt between 1904-1914; with Hixenbaugh Ancient Art, New York; Private collection, New York, acquired from the above 10 September 2011.

Size

20 cm H - 7 15/16 inches

Material

Terracotta 

Condition

Intact 

Categories

Egypt

Price.

US$ 2200

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