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LOT 2043
Ban Chiang Period Painted Oval-Mouthed Vase
MIDDLE PERIOD, 900-300 B.C.
11 in. (1.8 kg, 28 cm).
Ellipsoid in plan jar or vase with flared mouth, bulbous body and trumpet-shaped base; reserved bands on a red hatched 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 in Regional Cultural Perspective, Bangkok, 2002, for type.
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