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Lot 258W

1 May 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £4,000 inc. premium

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A large Egyptian Predynastic black-topped pottery jar
Naqada I-II, circa 4000-3500 B.C.
Of elongated ovoid form tapering to a small flat base, with a narrow rounded rim, a black burnished band around the top, 15in (38cm) high, mounted

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Provenance:
The property of a European private collector. Acquired in the UK and the USA in the late 1970s - early 1990s.

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