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LOT 2315
Ban Chiang Period Painted Terracotta Chalice
MIDDLE PERIOD, 900-300 B.C.
9 1/2 in. (1.55 kg, 24 cm).
Red-on-buff chalice with everted rim, globular body and trumpet-shaped base; surface decorated with concentric bands, arches and floral motifs. [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.
Cf. Labbe, A., Prehistoric Thai Ceramics: Ban Chiang in Regional Cultural Perspective, Bangkok, 2002, p.50, no.74, pl.74, for type.
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LOT 2315
Ban Chiang Period Painted Terracotta Chalice
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
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