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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]

Provenance

From 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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LOT 2252

Chinese Neolithic Painted Terracotta Jar

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

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