Description:

Ancient. Egypt, pre-Dynastic period, Naqada Culture, probably Naqada I, ca. 4400 to 3500 BCE. This is a beautiful redware jar of ovoid form with a curved base and an unpronounced rim. The surface is a rich, burnished red with an oxidized black pigment in a thick band around the rim - black-topped ware is a mark of the Naqada I. This culture inhabited ancient Egypt in the pre-Dynastic period, and was first described by famous archaeologist William Flinders Petrie, but relatively little is known about it except that the civilization was focused around the site of El-Amra in central Egypt, west of the Nile. Size: 2.7" W x 9.3" H (6.9 cm x 23.6 cm)

Provenance: private H. Berk collection, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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#127109

  • Condition: Repairs and restoration around rim. Repainting on both black and red areas.

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