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| Lot# & Name: |
431. Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Wavy-Handled Jar |
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| Estimate: |
$5,000-$7,500 |
| Current High Bid: |
$2,000.00 |
| Auction Closed(Final Price) |
$2,000.00 |
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| Category: |
Antiquities
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| Sub Category: |
Egypt - Pre-Dynastic and early Dynastic
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| Culture or Country: |
Egypt, Naqada culture.
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| Period: |
Pre-Dynastic period, ca. 3200 B.C.
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| Size: |
11"L. |
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| Description: |
A tall, tapering cylinder of orange-pink marl clay, coil-built and hand-smoothed, rising to a wide mouth ringed by a short, everted rim. Below the lip runs an encircling wavy groove, a vestigial memory of the raised, scalloped ledge-handles that once girdled such vessels and that survive here only as an ornamental ripple imitating cord or scallops. The undecorated body swells before drawing to a rounded base. Vessels of this class held oils or unguents and accompanied the dead into their graves, part of the funerary equipment of Upper Egyptian communities along the Nile.
Intact and in excellent condition overall, with fine burnished surface.
*This lot will not be on view at the New York exhibition, and will ship from Colorado* |
| Provenance: |
Private UK. collection acquired in the 1950’s, then by descent, thereafter private US. collection, acquired from the UK. trade in 2022. |
| Shipping Fee: |
| National: |
$65.00 |
| International: |
$135.00 (This is approximate and for Postal Service. Prices may vary, especially for private carriers such as: FEDEX, UPS and BAX).
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Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Wavy-Handled Jar
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