Predynastic Wavy Handled Jar

Description

Flat based tall cylindrical pottery jar with wavy-handle design. Wavy pattern decorated painted in red. Wide  rolled rim. Linear design on early Predynastic pottery such as this one were derived from baskets and reed matting. Last picture before (left) and after cleaning (right) with distilled water for weeks. 

Comparable:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/547498 

https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/artifact/wavy-handled-jar-1

https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/artifact/wavy-handled-jar

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/547142 

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1920.1984

Culture

Naqada II/III 

Dating

Circa 3400 - 3000 B.C.

Size

28 cm

Provenance

Dutch Collection, acquired via Bonhams.

Private collection, Belgium, acquired from below in 1971 and 1972. The purchase recorded in a March 1985 insurance document. Copy of document available. 

With M. Hassani Abd-el-Galeel, Luxor, Egypt. 

Condition

Great condition. Some salt deposits on the surface.