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An Egyptian Breccia Lug Handle Jar, Predynastic Period, circa 3500-3000 B.C.

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

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An Egyptian Breccia Lug Handle Jar, Predynastic Period, circa 3500-3000 B.C.


of slender ovoid form with ridged base, twin tubular handles, and flat everted rim, the black matrix with white and brown crystalline veining.


breccia

3⅝ in.

9.3 cm

Sayad Mullattan, Luxor, 1950;

Private collection, New York, acquired from the above;

Sotheby’s, New York, December 13th, 1979, lot 60, illus.;

Robin Symes, London, 1979-82;

Jacques Carré, Belgium, 1982-2018;

Kallos Gallery, London;

Where acquired by the present collector August 23, 2023.