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A Private New York Collection of Egyptian Art (Lots 1-13)
Lot 1*

An Egyptian black pottery jar

22 November – 9 December 2024, 12:00 GMT
Online, London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian black pottery jar

Predynastic Period, Naqada I-II, circa 4000-3200 B.C.
13cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
with Samir Kando, Bethlehem, 1975.
Private collection, New York.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 4 June 2008, lot 34 (part).
Private collection.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 28 November 2018, lot 132.
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above sale.

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