Royal-Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World, Volume XXVI - 2015

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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.

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