A good-sized Egyptian Pre-Dynastic ovoid terracotta pottery jar or vase with flat rim and horizontal lug handles. The vessel is decorated on rim, body and bottom with vertical and wavy lines in red-brown pigments. Supplied with metal display stand.
 
Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Naqada II: Circa 3700 to 3250 BC.
 
Complete and intact: Very Fine condition.
Height 18.3 cms (7.2 ins)
 
Provenance: Danish private collection. Acquired at Rupert Wace Ancient Art in 2001. Previously from a German private collection acquired during the 1950s-1960s.
The vessel is supplied with an Oxford Authentication thermoluminescence TL test report confirming the age of the jar, along with a copy of the Rupert Wace invoice of 2001 (sold for 8500 Euros).
 
For similar see: Jar with Zigzag Panels: Brooklyn Museum: Accession number 09.889.402