Hi everyone, and many thanks for your comments and interest in this piece. To shed a little more light on the history of this item, I can tell you that it was excavated or purchased by Dr Miles Sagot during the late 40's to early 50's in the Nagada region.
I have acquired a number of pieces from his daughter and may be able to provide further provenance or "find notes" relating to each artefact. Unfortunately, all of these documents have been removed from the original finds and stored separately in a box. (And… hand written in French)!
Kind regards
John Andrews
Antiqus-2000
E-Mail: antiqus2003@yahoo.co.uk
tuppennyblue <tim@pennyblack.org.uk> wrote:
Chris's son (also Chris) is one of my Egyptology tutors (we have been studying Predynastic this term), he is an ex-curator at the Ashmolean where they have the 'world's best' predynastic collection so his opinion is as close to definitive as anyone's! He saw the pics of this item and he thought it was okay. Personally, I agree the shape is not typical - the flared top is very pronounced, the parallel sides and the foot on the base unusual. It's also been pointed out that the gradation betweeen black and red is very sharp and is usually softer. Red & black pots were made from the Badarian period right through to Naqada III so there is a considerable variety of shapes found.Tim----- Original Message -----From: chris simonsSent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 7:35 AMSubject: Re: [Ancientartifacts] Re: Naqada Black-topped vessel - is it genuine?
-- From: junioregitoDate: 19/03/2008 01:43:22Subject: [Ancientartifacts] Re: Naqada Black-topped vessel - is it genuine?It looks like OK . Dificult to say since they're easy to forge in my opinion .
--- In Ancientartifacts@yahoogroups. , Gary Jensen <gjkmt1946@.com ..> wrote:
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> Hello, I would be looking around to see if other blackware vessels have the same shape
as the one offered by Antiquis 2000. It flares quite a bit at the top and then becomes
bulbous near the bottom. All the ones I've seen have a more even curve from the lip to the
base? I'm no expert on blackware but I wouldn't buy it just because it looks odd to me.
> Cheers
> Gary
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Stephen Churley <churley482@...>
> To: Ancientartifacts@yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 2:54:57 PM
> Subject: [Ancientartifacts] Naqada Black-topped vessel - is it genuine?
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> H everyone,
>
> I would welcome views on this piece being sold by Antiqus-2000:
>
> http://cgi.ebay. co.uk/ws/ eBayISAPI. dll?
ViewItem&rd=1&item=160218396 953&ssPageName= STRK: MEWA:IT&ih=006
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> It looks genuine to me but this seller is on the blacklist.
>
> Cheers, Stephen
>
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