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LOT 2377
Chinese Neolithic Painted Pottery Jar
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
9 1/4 in. (1.8 kg, 23.5 cm).
With piriform body and high shoulder, low neck with everted rim and two loop handles to the shoulder; the upper body with painted chevrons and pellets.
Provenance
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
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