Egyptian painted squat jar, Predynastic, Naqada II, c.3500-3200 BC
Terracotta
Height: 16.5cm, diameter: 22.6cm
10877
Further images
Large squat earthenware jar with dual 'lug' or 'string-hole' handles and a rounded base, decorated with paint in a deep red. On the body are six vertical bands containing repeating...
Large squat earthenware jar with dual 'lug' or 'string-hole' handles and a rounded base, decorated with paint in a deep red. On the body are six vertical bands containing repeating horizontal zig-zag waves, and around the flat, out-turned rim is a band of strokes forming a lattice. At the base of the interior is a painted X. A small chip under the rim restored.
It has been suggested that the bands of waves, also known as rush lines, represent twisted fibre slings which held the vessels.
It has been suggested that the bands of waves, also known as rush lines, represent twisted fibre slings which held the vessels.
Provenance
Private collection, Cornwall, UK; acquired mid to late 20th CenturyLiterature
Compare Joan Crowfoot Payne, Catalogue of the Predynastic Egyptian Collection in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford, 2000), no.90929
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