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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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LOT 2377

Chinese Neolithic Painted Pottery Jar

Sold for (Inc. bp): £130

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