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LOT 1660
Chinese Neolithic Painted Frog Jar
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
14 1/4 in. (3.6 kg, 36 cm high).
Piriform bodied and painted with a figurative frog design; two loop handles to the equator.
Provenance
Ex West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
Literature
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 2015.500.7.9, for similar.
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LOT 1660
Chinese Neolithic Painted Frog Jar
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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