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Ban Chiang Period Painted Terracotta Chalice Ban Chiang Period Painted Terracotta Chalice Ban Chiang Period Painted Terracotta Chalice
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LOT 2269

Ban Chiang Period Painted Terracotta Chalice

MIDDLE PERIOD, 900-300 B.C.

6 3/4 in. (871 grams, 17 cm).

Red-on-buff chalice with flared rim, globular body and wide pedestal base; surface decorated with horizontal bands of curvilinear geometric patterns and vertical strokes to the shoulder. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From 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.

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LOT 2269

Ban Chiang Period Painted Terracotta Chalice

Sold for (Inc. bp): £85

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