Jar

Ovoid jar with flat base and raised rim. Auction label 46/3. Compare shape with Ali el-Khouli, ‘Egyptian Stone Vessels, Predynastic Period to Dynasty III: Typology and Analysis’ (Mainz, 1978) nos. 1720. CONDITION NOTE: Chipped, scratched, surface dirt. Purchased at Sotheby's, London, 4-5 May 1931 (Madame Charles K. Sursock collection) Lot 46: "A rimless ovoid jar with a flat base, 3 in. high, in aragonite; another, 2 1/2 in. high, with a narrow rim, in marble; and another, rimless, 2 1/2 in. high, in breccia".