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LOT 2261
Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
12 3/4 in. (2.36 kg, 32.5 cm).
Piriform bodied and painted with four netted roundels to the upper body; two loop handles to the equator.
Provenance
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
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