An Egyptian Black Basalt Jar, Predynastic Period (Nagada I)/ 1st Dynasty, circa 3500-2900 B.C.

of ovoid form with finely contoured foot, tubular handles, and everted rim.

acquired by the previous owner at Kende Galleries at Gimbels, New York, 1940s/50s
then by gift to the present owner

Very good and as shown; several shallow chips on rim on the side shown in the catalogue photo, one with probable remains of fill. Stress crack going down from rim adjacent to one handle, about 1 1/4 in. long, with shallow chip at the bottom of it, and the chip with remains of fill at the top. Minor nicks on the edge of the foot. The surface covered with shoe polish or paint which can be removed.
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Cf. W.M. Flinders Petrie and J.E. Quibell, Naqada and Ballas: 1895 , London, 1896, pl. VIII, 34 and 35.