Bidspirit auction | Egyptian PreDynastic Black-Topped Jar

Egyptian PreDynastic Black-Topped Jar - Naqada I-II, 4000-3200 B.C. Of ovoid form tapering to a narrow flattened base. See Sowada, K.S., Black-Topped Ware in Early Dynastic Contexts, in Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, vol.85, 1999; Adams, B., Predynastic Egypt, Shire Egyptology 7, Princes Risborough, 1988; Petrie, W.M.F., Naqada and Ballas, London, 1895; Petrie, W.M.F., Corpus of Prehistoric Pottery and Palettes, London, 1921; Wodzinska, A., A Manual of Egyptian Pottery. Volume 1: Fayum A ? Lower Egyptian Culture, Boston, 2010. 274 grams, 13.5 cm (5 1/2 in.). From the vendor's grandfather's collection, formed in the 1950s; thence by family descent circa 1974. The 'black-topped' ware was the most common funerary pottery during Naqada I and Naqada II periods, with a small volume of production in the Naqada III, Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom periods.