BARREL VASE IN PAINTED TERRACOTTA Egyptian art, Predynastic period, Nagada II, 3600 -3300 B.C. Barrel vase topped by a flat lip and flanked by two tubular side handles. Red painted decoration of large spirals on the body. Numbered under the base W16. Fracture. Height Height : 12 cm Provenance: Former private collection of Sten Walter, Wangstedt, Sweden, before 1956, inventory number W16 Private collection Lennart Diener Crafoord Auktioner, Stockholm, June 19, 2022 (ill.) Galerie Eberwein, Paris Collection of an amateur from Marseilles, acquired in 2022

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