Egyptian Naqada black-top pottery jar

E18

£1,400.00

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A burnished red pottery black top jar or beaker with an ovoid pointed body and slightly everted rim. The distinctive black topped design of this pottery was made by deliberate oxygen constriction by burial of the upper body and interior of the vessel during the firing process.

Culture
Egypt, Predynastic, Naqada II, c. 3500-3200 BC

Size
11.4 x 8 cms

Condition
Areas of surface chipping, chips and very minor cracks on the rim

Provenance
Ex. private collection, Paris, France; inherited by family descent from the collection of an Egyptologist formed in the mid 20th Century.

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