Naqada II Predynastic Period Banded Decoration Vessel Dining Tables Incredibly beautiful and soft painting

Incredibly beautiful and soft painting

Era: Late 16th Century

this statuary piece would have been a large votive offering in a tomb or funerary environment

forced to be based with the royal court at Oxford

A stunning example in an enigmatically coloured and carved stone

Naqada II Predynastic Period Banded Decoration Vessel Dining Tables Incredibly beautiful and soft paintingOriginates from: Egypt Era: 3500 3200 BC Dimensions: 12 H x 10 Ancient Egyptian Naqada II period (3500 3200 BC) predynastic vase with brilliant banded red horizontal and waved decorations surrounding both the globular body and tapered neck of the vase the wave decorations likely representative of the Nile. Two lateral handles flank either side of the vessel. Wonderful scale and presence, sitting 12 in height. Lovely patina across the surface of the