Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN PAINTED POTTERY JAR WITH

EGYPTIAN PAINTED POTTERY JAR WITH NILOTIC PLANTS - Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC. A large pottery jar with a biconical body tapering to a pointed base, surmounted by a tall neck with an outward-flaring rim. The surface is painted in red, blue, and black on a buff ground. The shoulder and neck are encircled by a continuous frieze of stylised Nilotic plants, separated by horizontal tricolour bands.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 55.92.2.Size: 510mm x 390mm; Weight: 7.8kgProvenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.