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LOT 2443
Chinese Han Style Terracotta Painted Lidded Vessel
20TH CENTURY A.D.
10 3/4 in. (7.6 kg, 27.5 cm wide).
With gently sloping sidewall and three zoomorphic feet, domed lid with applied loop and ring handle; painted tondo to lid with fishes and geometric motifs, frieze to sidewall with standing robed figures. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1990s.
From the Dr Ince collection, N.W. London, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 2443
Chinese Han Style Terracotta Painted Lidded Vessel
Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
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Each a glazed whiteware bowl with stepped inner face, everted rim. 790 grams total, 14.5 cm wide each
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