An Egyptian Black-Topped Redware Jar, Predynastic Period, Naqada II, 3600-3200 B.C.

of slender flaring form with flat base, rounded shoulder, and everted rim.

Charles Street Universalist Meeting House, Beacon Hill, Boston, acquired by the Rev. Kenneth Leo Patton and the congregation, probably between 1949 and 1964
The Rev. Randall Lee Gibson, given to him by the congregation prior to 1978
given to the present owners in 1988

Chip on rim approximately 1 1/4 inches long and another smaller one adjacent, minor nicks and scratches overall, otherwise very good condition. 12.13 painted in red on bottom.
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Cf. G.D. Scott, III, Ancient Egyptian Art at Yale, New Haven, 1986, no. 3, and Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no. 36.1.2.