EGYPTIAN PREDYNASTIC TERRACOTTA JAR WITH GEOMETRIC DECORATION

Ca. 4000 - 3000 BC. A terracotta jar with a rounded body tapering to a short neck and a thick rolled rim. The shoulder is painted with a dark geometric band of chevrons. The lower body is left plain. For similar see: Christie's, Online Auction 14572, Storied Treasures: Antiquities from the Toledo Museum of Art, Lot 1. Size: 150mm x 115mm; Weight: 860g Provenance: Private UK collection; acquired in London in the early 2000s; formerly with the Verite collection, Paris, France, formed in the 1970s.