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LOT 2407
Chinese Han Sichuan Black Eye Pottery Amphora
HAN DYNASTY, 206 B.C.-220 A.D.
7 1/4 in. (909 grams, 18.5 cm wide).
Burnished black ware jar with scooped and carinated profile to the neck, two broad strap handles with roundel detailing, hatched panels to the neck, spiral 'eye' panels to the lower body, incised scrolls to the underside. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. similar jar in the British Museum, illustrated in Vainker, S. J., Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, New York, 1991, p.43, fig.30.
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