Egyptian black top ovoid jar, Predynastic Period, Naqada I-II, c.3700-3200 BC
Terracotta
Height: 14.9cm
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Thin-walled black-top jar formed from Nile clay, the ovoid body has a wide mouth and tapers gracefully to a small flat base. The burnished outer surface is red with the...
Thin-walled black-top jar formed from Nile clay, the ovoid body has a wide mouth and tapers gracefully to a small flat base. The burnished outer surface is red with the upper section burnished black, giving the type its name. Intact, the base abraded, some very slight chipping around the rim.
Provenance
Mr Oakley, UK; gifted to their father by Flinders PetrieFolio Fine Arts, London, UK; stock no.A5901, acquired 24th July 1968 from the above
Dr. Louise Eickhoff, Bromsgrove, UK; acquired 10th October 1969, thence by descent to Angus Eickhoff, Powys, UK
Literature
Compare W.M. Flinders Petrie, Corpus of Pre-historic Pottery and Palettes (Wiltshire, 1974), pl.V, no.46Publications
Folio Fine Art Ltd, Catalogue 63 (London), no.729Folio Fine Art Ltd, Catalogue 66 (London), no.235
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