Egyptian Pre Dynastic Black-topped Red-ware Jar
Egyptian Pre Dynastic Black-topped Red-ware Jar
Egyptian Pre Dynastic Black-topped Red-ware Jar
Egyptian Pre Dynastic Black-topped Red-ware Jar
Egyptian Pre Dynastic Black-topped Red-ware Jar
Egyptian Pre Dynastic Black-topped Red-ware Jar
Egyptian Pre Dynastic Black-topped Red-ware Jar
Egyptian Pre Dynastic Black-topped Red-ware Jar
Egyptian Pre Dynastic Black-topped Red-ware Jar
Egyptian Pre Dynastic Black-topped Red-ware Jar
Egyptian Pre Dynastic Black-topped Red-ware Jar
Egyptian Pre Dynastic Black-topped Red-ware Jar
Egyptian Pre Dynastic Black-topped Red-ware Jar
Egyptian Pre Dynastic Black-topped Red-ware Jar
Egyptian Pre Dynastic Black-topped Red-ware Jar
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Egyptian Pre Dynastic Black-topped Red-ware Jar

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Nagada II Culture, circa 3600-3300 B.C.  

The Egyptian Predynastic black-topped red-ware jar is highly significant for understanding ancient Egyptian society, technology, and ritual from the Naqada II period (circa 3650–3300 BCE). These jars are among the earliest fine-ware ceramics of the Nile Valley and represent early advances in pottery-making, including their distinctive aesthetic and technical mastery using Nile clay with a hematite slip for the red body and carbonizing for the black top. Their manufacture involved sophisticated firing techniques: the red was achieved with a slip and burnishing, while the black top resulted from inverting the vessel during firing, which carbonized the rim in sawdust or ash.

Black-topped red-ware jars were developed for both domestic and funerary use; their cone-shaped bottoms allowed them to be wedged in sand, a design adaptation for the environment. 

Condition: Old  chips, rim and body wear.

Size: 5.5'' x 4.5'' x 4.5'' (14 x 11 x 11 cm). Old label with faded ink on center body. The label, a small rectangular paper with a red border and faded handwriting, is typical of old museum or early collector inventories from the late 19th to early 20th century.

Cf. Brooklyn Museum, Pre dynastic and Archaic Egypt, no. 4. and Ancient Egyptian Art at Yale no 3.

Extremely rare

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