Chinese Neolithic Terracotta Jar

3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

12 1/8 in. (2.8 kg, 31 cm high).

With piriform body, waisted neck, everted rim and integral rectangular-section loop handles, circumferential bands of painted geometric motifs of hatched circles, chevrons and hands; one handle absent.

Provenance

From a West Country, UK, collection, formed in the 1990s.

CONDITION

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LOT 2073