Egyptian Naqada III pottery jar with pie-crust decoration

A tall cylindrical pottery jar with an out-turned rounded rim and traces of pinched “pie-crust” decoration on the neck.

Culture
Egypt, Pre-Dynastic, Naqada III, c. 3200-3000 BC

Size
25 x 11.1 cms

Condition
Some surface erosion below the rim otherwise intact as seen

Provenance
Ex. private collection, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, UK; acquired c. 1970’s