An Egyptian Predynastic indurated limestone frog jar
Naqada II-III, circa 3300-3100 B.C.
Of flattened ovoid form, with legs tucked under its body, eyes hollowed out, once inlaid, the details of the face and body incised, with a circular everted opening at the top, with twin bronze lug handles on either side of the body, 2½in (6.4cm) long
Naqada II-III, circa 3300-3100 B.C.
Of flattened ovoid form, with legs tucked under its body, eyes hollowed out, once inlaid, the details of the face and body incised, with a circular everted opening at the top, with twin bronze lug handles on either side of the body, 2½in (6.4cm) long
Estimate:
£30,000 - 50,000
US$ 45,000 - 75,000
€35,000 - 58,000
US$ 45,000 - 75,000
€35,000 - 58,000
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Collection of Madame Kismet Pilati, acquired in Vienna and London in 1976.
Literature:
For two examples in stone, cf. W. Needler, Predynastic and Archaic Egypt in The Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1984, pp. 244-5. nos. 126-7. These theriomorphic cosmetic jars derive from the simpler lug-handled stone jars of Predynastic Egypt and according to Fazzini appear to have been produced during a 'limited chronological range': R. Fazzini, Images for Eternity: Egyptian Art from Berkeley and Brooklyn, New York, 1975, pp. 13.
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