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Lot 317*

An Egyptian pink limestone ovoid jar

6 July 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian pink limestone ovoid jar
Predynastic Period, Naqada II-III, circa 3500-3100 B.C.
8.6cm high, 6.1cm wide incl. handles

Footnotes

Provenance:
Private collection, USA, acquired in Paris in the 1950s-1960s.
with Charles Ede Ltd, London.
Arnold Meijer collection, the Netherlands, acquired at BAAF Brussels from the above in June 2009.

Published:
W. Arnold Meijer, Masters of Stone, Egyptian Stone Vessels from Predynastic Times to the Middle Kingdom, Amsterdam, 2018, p. 21, no. 11.

Exhibited:
Reiss-Engelhorn-Museum Mannheim, Stein(h)art, Altägyptische Gefäße von ewiger Schönheit, Museum Weltkulturen, 11 November 2018-10 February 2019.

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