Lot 1234
Lug-handled Jar with Painted Spirals and Wavy Lines. Egypt, Naqada II, c. 3500-3100 BC. Jar with broad ovoid bowl, lug handles with narrow bores, flat everted rim. Painted spirals of varying size arranged into two rows encircling vessel. Handles and other areas with wavy lines; crisscross lines at rim. Small restorations to two chips on the rim, otherwise vessel intact and in very fine condition; the paint bold. Width: 7-1/4". A larger and excellent example of this popular early artifact.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500.
Cf. Scott, Yale, 8b; and especially Sotheby's NY, December 8, 1995, lot 9 ($4000-$6000).
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