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The compressed globular body with two concave lug handles is decorated with neatly painted, tightly-wound spirals in reddish brown. A painted latticework pattern decorates the flat everted rim.
Predynastic Period. Naqada II, c. 3400-3200 BC Cf. For the type see Sir W. M. Finders Petrie, 'Prehistoric Egypt, Corpus of Prehistoric Pottery and Palettes', reprinted Warminster, 1974, plate XXXVI, no 64, though the lugs in this example are painted with wavy lines. Provenance. Private collection Japan |
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