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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.
ProvenanceFrom a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Opening Bid: £222
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Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Lidded Box Collection
15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising three lidded powder boxes with painted forest scenery to the lid. 269 grams total, 57-59 mm
Ex Butterfield and Butterfield auction with official Hoi An Hoard labels. Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Hoi An shipwreck.
In the mid 15th century a freighting junk loaded with fine Vietnamese pottery sank in an area of the South China Sea called the 'Dragon’s Embrace.' This vessel is part of the shipwreck cargo recovered off the coast of Vietnam at Hoi An. The ceramics themselves were probably made in the area of Chu Dau. -
Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Piriform bodied and painted with four netted roundels to the upper body; two loop handles to the equator. 2.36 kg, 32.5 cm
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
