AN EARLY ABYDOS WARE WINE JUG

Canaanite, Early Bronze Age, circa 3000 – 2700 BC. A beautifully formed red burnished vessel in the form of a jug with a long neck, large handle and funnel-shaped mouth and flat base. The pottery, often red rose slipped and burnished or painted with geometric motifs, includes jugs, bottles, and jars. Most common are the red-slipped jugs, some of a hard-baked "metallic" quality, with handles attached to the rim and a typical stamped base. This pottery class took its name from Abydos, the first site at which it was found, in Upper Egypt.Size: L:160mm / W:65mm ; 210gProvenance: Property of a UK Ancient Art Gallery; previously in Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Feuer, New York, acquired 1970s - 1980s.