Egyptian, An Egyptian red breccia jar, Predynastic to Early Dynastic, Nagada II - 1st Dynasty, circa 3500 - 2900 BC

Egyptian

An Egyptian red breccia jar, Predynastic to Early Dynastic, Nagada II - 1st Dynasty, circa 3500 - 2900 BC

Breccia

Height: 5.6 cm

£ 5,500.00

Egyptian, An Egyptian red breccia jar, Predynastic to Early Dynastic, Nagada II - 1st Dynasty, circa 3500 - 2900 BC

The jar composed of two separate parts: a globular body with flattened base and twin pierced lug handles, and a separate disc rim

Provenance

English private collection, Somerset, acquired in the early 20th century and thence by descent

Literature

There are small jars in the same type of red breccia, but with integral rims, in the British Museum: acc. no. 1897,0511.30 and the Petrie Museum: see W.M.F. Petrie, Prehistoric Egypt. pl. XXXVII.19. For further discussion of such jars and materials see B.G. Aston, Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels: Materials and Forms, London, 1989.

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