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LOT 2252
Chinese Neolithic Painted Terracotta Jar
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
14 1/4 in. (3.45 kg, 36 cm).
With piriform body, waisted neck, everted rim and integral rectangular-section loop handles to the equator, circumferential bands of painted lines, reserved roundels and chevrons; one handle repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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