An Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Black Rimmed Bowl, Pre-Dynastic Period, Pre-Dynastic Period, ca. 3850 – 2960 BCE
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A classic example of the elegant black-topped redware of Predynastic Egypt, this conical bowl displays the distinctive two-tone surface achieved through early mastery of controlled firing. The lower portion is burnished red, while the rim transitions to a deep lustrous black created by inverting the vessel in a reducing atmosphere at the final stage of firing. The surface retains fine smoothing marks from hand-coiling, and the form embodies the refined simplicity characteristic of Naqada I–II pottery.
For a related example, see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 36.1.10 (Black-topped red ware bowl, excavated at Hierakonpolis, ca. 3850–2960 BCE)
Published: Ede, Antiquities, Catalogue 143, no. 7
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: Diameter: 8 inches (20.32 cm)
Condition: Very good condition, professionally recomposed from fragments and complete, with minor surface wear consistent with age.
Provenance: Thilo and Izora Steinschulte collection, purchased December 1987 from Charles Ede Ltd., London, then by descent. Accompanied by a copy of the original collector's and dealer paperwork.
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