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Small predynastic vase Beige granite stone, veined and speck…
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123
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Small predynastic vase Beige granite stone, veined and speck…
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €700
Voluntary lot
Description
Small predynastic vase
Beige granite stone, veined and speckled, carved and polished, marks of time.
Egypt, Nagada III.
Approximately 3500 to 3000 BC
H: 8.4 cm; W: 5.8 cm
Provenance: Sale, Maître Boisgirard, Hôtel des ventes Drouot, Paris, 28/06/1973, catalogue no. 10.
The Nagada culture, which developed in Upper Egypt between around 4000 and 3000 BC, was one of the first complex civilisations in the Nile Valley and the foundation on which Pharaonic Egypt was built. The Nagada III phase, also known as the protodynastic period, saw the gradual unification of the country and the emergence of the first state structures. The hard stone vases of this period, cut and polished with remarkable skill, were objects of prestige and offerings, reflecting a lapidary skill that reached its apogee during the Old Kingdom. This small vase is a first-rate document on the origins of Egyptian civilisation.
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