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LOT 2259
Ban Chiang Period Painted Fared Terracotta Vase
MIDDLE PERIOD, 900-300 B.C.
11 1/4 in. (1.23 kg, 28.5 cm wide).
With trumpet-shaped body and carinated rim, hollow base, reserved spiral designs on a coral-coloured field. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
See, Labbe, A., Prehistoric Thai Ceramics: Ban Chiang Regional Cultural Perspectives, Bangkok, 2002, for discussion.
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