A Buff-ware Jar, Predynastic Period, Nagada II, circa 3400-3200 B.C.

of broad globular form with twin concave lug handles and flat everted rim, the body and handles painted in red over the buff slip with spirals, a lattice pattern on top of the rim.

Sotheby's, London, April 10th, 1978, no. 287, illus.

Very good, small nicks overall, firing flaw on rim, surface appears as though it could use a good professional cleaning
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For a related example see Ashmolean Museum, Predynastic Egyptian Collection, no. 896, fig. 46. Also see Petrie, Naqada and Ballas, pl. XXXV, no. 67c.