216 EGYPTIAN PREDYNASTIC WHITE CROSS-LINE WARE POTTERY BOWL, body flaring outward with flat base; exterior with groups of parallel white lines; interior with schematic white lotus with alternating cross-hatching. Naqada I, ca. 4000-3500 BC. H. 2 in. (5/1 cm); D. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm.) Rare. Ex J.M.E. collection, acquired in New York in 1994.
217 EGYPTIAN PREDYNASTIC PYRIFORM BLACK-TOPPED REDWARE POT Naqada I-II, ca. 3850–3050 BC. H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm.) Ex Gieringer collection sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, January 28/29, 1959, lot 91, acquired by Dr. Richard LeBaron Bowen, Jr. (1919-2013), Providence, Rhode Island, thence by descent. 218 EGYPTIAN PREDYNASTIC POTTERY GLOBULAR JAR with two lateral lug handles and folded lip; brown zig-zag lines on buff body. Naqada II, ca. 3200-3050 BC. H. 2 in. (5.1 cm); W. 3 1/4 in.(8.3 cm.) Ex Lord McAlpine of West Green collection; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in London from Lord McAlpine in July 1988.
220 EGYPTIAN PREDYNASTIC LARGE POTTERY SHORT-NECKED JAR WITH TUBULAR HANDLES Hand turned with splashes of red paint overall. Naqada or Ballas (Petrie 1895). Naqada I-II, ca. 3850–2960 BC. H. 5 1/2 in (13.2 cm.); Diam. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm.) Ex Gieringer collection, sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, January 1959, acquired by Dr. Richard LeBaron Bowen, Jr. (1919-2013), Providence, Rhode Island, thence by descent. 221 EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM BLACK POTTERY VASE Of tubular form, the sides flaring outwards to a broad disc rim; fired to a glossy black. Ca. 1994-1781 BC. H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at Sotheby’s, New York, November 1990. 222 EGYPTIAN TELL EL-YEHUDIEH WARE POTTERY JUGLET of fig-form, dark grey, with incised details of leaves radiating from the neck all filled with white; texture pitting below. Scarce. Hyksos Period, XVth Dynasty, ca. 1750-1650 BC. Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in London in December 1993.
219 EGYPTIAN PREDYNASTIC POTTERY GLOBULAR JAR with registers of s’s separated by zig-zag lines in red slip; two lug handles and folded lip. Naqada II, ca. 3200-3050 BC. H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm.); D. 3 1/2 in.(8.9 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in Paris, in December 1998.
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