An Egyptian pottery wavy-handled jar
Predynastic Period, Naqada III, circa 3200-3000 B.C.
Of cylindrical form, tapering towards a flat base, a series of raised crescentic waves beneath the rim, 28.5cm high注脚Provenance:
Private collection, Zurich, acquired in 1975 when the owners lived in Cairo (1975-1980).

For similar, see W. Needler, Predynastic and Archaic Egypt in the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, 1984, p.214-5, nos 71-2.