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LOT 2254
Chinese Neolithic Painted Ceramic Jar
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
12 1/2 in. (2.7 kg, 31.5 cm high).
Piriform bodied and decorated with a frieze of chevrons to the upper body and neck; loop handles to the equator.
ProvenanceEx Bath, Avon, UK, collection, 1990s.
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