An Egyptian Pottery Jar, Predynastic Period, Nagada II, circa 3600-3200 B.C.

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December 7, 10:29 AM GMT

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Property from the Collection of Peter Sharrer

An Egyptian Pottery Jar

Predynastic Period, Nagada II, circa 3600-3200 B.C.

of ovoid form with pieced cylindrical handles and everted rim, the body painted in reddish brown with two multi-oared boats, each with a palm frond at the bow and two cabins on deck, the waters of the Nile indicated below, fan shapes and “s” motifs under the handles.

Height 11.4 cm.

private collection, Chatham, New York, 1946-2010 (Sotheby’s, New York, June 11th, 2010, no. 2, illus.)
acquired by the present owner at the above sale.

“Yes, wonderful things”. Egyptian Art from 3000-100 B.C., Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch, in collaboration with Claire Brown Art, London, 2022, cat. no. 14, illus.

Compare W. Needler, Predynastic and Archaic Egypt in The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, 1984, pp. 205-206, nos. 57 and 58, and J. Crowfoot Payne, Catalogue of the Predynastic Egyptian Collection on the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1993, figs. 39 and 40.