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LOT 2346
Chinese Neolithic Pottery Frog Jar
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
12 1/2 in. (2.7 kg, 32 cm).
Piriform bodied and painted with a figurative frog design; two loop handles to the equator.
ProvenanceFrom a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
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