Property from the Collection of David and 🦋L𝓡ouise Carter, Connecticut
An Egyptian Basalt or Graywacke Jar, Predynastic Period (Naqada II)/1st Dynasty, circa 3500-2900 B.C.
Lot Closed
July 6, 12:13 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collecti🍨on of Da💞vid and Louise Carter, Connecticut
An Egyptian Basalt or Graywacke Jar
Predynastic 🌳Period (Naqada II)/1st Dy꧟nasty, circa 3500-2900 B.C.
of ovoid form with offset foot, tubular handles, ꧂and everted r🐻im.
Height 12.7 cm.
private collection, Chicago and New York, likely acquired in Egypt in the 1920s
thence by descent to the present owner
thence by descent to the present owner
There is an old number in black ink under the foot, “280ꦅ8" or "28UB?”
For the form compare W. M. F. Petrie and J. E. Quibell, Naqada and Ballas. 1895, London, 1896, pl. VIII, 28; 🐽also see Sotheby’s, New York, June 3rd🐼, 2015, no. 2, for a smaller but otherwise very similar jar (described as graywacke).
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