£8,190
Classical Ancient Art // Form Through Time | 761
Auction: Form Through Time - 21st March 2024 at 2pm
fired ceramic, of ovoid form with tapering base and rounded lip, characteristic red slip coating with blackened rim and upper body
Provenance:
Private collection, United Kingdom, formed 1960s, thence by descent
Note:
Dating to the period before the Pharaohs, Naqada ceramics are amongst the most iconic of ancient Egyptian Predynastic ceramics. Constructed from Nile silts rich in silica and iron, oxidization during firing resulted in the characteristic reddish colour. Those areas deprived of oxygen and smoked by the burning fuel would turn black.
For similar please see:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number 36.1.4