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Two Egyptian Buffware Pottery Jars, Predynastic Period, Naqada II, 3400-3200 B.C.
Lot Closed
July 5, 02:13 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Two Egyptian Buffware Pottery Jars
Predynastic Peri꧅od, Naqada II, 3400-3200 B.C.
each of broad globular form with twin pꦛierced cylindrical handles, and painted in red over a buff slip, the body of one with verti🅺cal panels of horizontal wavy lines and the rim with three sets of tongues, the body of the other with spirals and the rim with lattices.
Heights 17 cm. and 16.2 cm.
for the jar with vertical panels:
priv𝄹ate collection, Cornwall, acquired in the mid-late 20th century
acquired ꩵby the present owner on the UK art market
for the jar with spirals:
Albert Newall, Cape Town, acquired prior to 1980
pꦰജrivate collection, United Kingdom, by descent from the above
acquired by the present o🦂wner on the UK art market
For closely related vessels see W. M. F. Petrie and J. E. Quibell, Naqada and Ballas. 1895, Londꦺon, 1896,꧟ pl. 1895, pl. XXXV, 67c and 68.