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LOT 1677
Chinese Neolithic Ceramic Frog Amphora
MAIJIAYAO CULTURE, 3300-2000 B.C.
11 7/8 in. (1.9 kg, 30 cm wide).
With trumpet mouth, globular body with painted decoration of roundels to the shoulder with net pattern separated into zones by frog-leg chevrons; two loop handles to the equator; rim repaired, repainted. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired before 1990s/early 2000s.
From the family collection of Jack Lyttle (1944-2023), Kilmacolm, Scotland; thence by descent to his granddaughter.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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