An Egyptian Variegated Gray and Brown Stone Jar, Late Predynastic period/1st Dynasty, circa 3300-2900 B.C.
Estimate
3,500 - 4,500 USD
Lot Details
Description
An Egyptian Variegated Gray and Brown Stone Jar, Late Predynastic period/1st Dynasty, circa 3300-2900 B.C.
of ovoid form with contoured twin tubular handles, and offset rim.
stone
height 5 in.
12.6 cm
Dr. Jan Beekmans (1927-2008) Collection, Barken, early 1980s;
With Richard Gill, Eternal Egypt, Wimbledon, acquired from the above;
With Antoine Karawani, London;
W. Arnold Meijer Collection, the Netherlands, acquired from the above, June 30th, 1998;
Bonhams, London, July 4th, 2024, lot 260;
Where acquired by the present collector.
Allard Pierson Museum, Archaeological Museum of the University of Amsterdam, Objecten voor de Eeuwigheid, November 17th, 2006 - March 25th, 2007;
Mannheim, Reiss-Engelhorn-Museum, SteinHart, Altägyptische Gefäße von ewiger Schönheit, Museum Weltkulturen, November 11th, 2018 - February 10th, 2019
C.A.R. Andrews and J. Van Dijk, Objects for Eternity. Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Mainz, 2006, no. 1.4, pp. 19, 271;
W. Arnold Meijer, Masters of Stone. Egyptian Stone Vessels from Predynastic Times to the Middle Kingdom, Amsterdam, 2018, no. 7, p. 19, 81.
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