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LOT 2151
Chinese Neolithic Painted Ceramic Jar
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
12 1/2 in. (2 kg, 32 cm).
Piriform bodied with a painted frieze of concentric roundels with hatched centres to the upper body; loop handles to the equator.
ProvenanceEx Bath, Avon, UK, collection, 1990s.
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