BIRD PALETTE Egypt, Naqada I, circa 3500 B.C. Schist.... Lot 31

BIRD PALETTE Egypt, Naqada I, circa 3500 B.C. Schist. Restorations at the bottom. Dim_ 29 x 14 cm Provenance Paris, private collection, acquired on the European market in the 1990's Large oval palette, the main edge carved at each corner carved at each corner with a stylized bird's head, in the center the feathers are represented in sawtooth. See PETRIE.F., Corpus of slate palette, LVII, 76 A PREDYNASTIC SCHIST SLATE PALETTE WITH BIRDS, NAQADA I, 3500 B.C. 114/9 x 5!/2 in With oval shaped, the principal edge carved on each angle with a stylized bird head. Between each of them, the feathers are represented in sawtooth pattern. Restoration.