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LOT 2040
Chinese Neolithic Terracotta Jar
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
11 3/8 in. (2.1 kg, 29 cm high).
With everted neck and rim, rectangular-section loop handles, painted circles with reserved pellets and crosses between plain bands and swags, band and pendants to the inner rim.
ProvenanceFrom a West Country, UK, collection, formed in the 1990s.
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LOT 2040
Chinese Neolithic Terracotta Jar
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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Chinese Neolithic Terracotta Jar
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
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. 2.8 kg, 31 cm high
From a West Country, UK, collection, formed in the 1990s. -
Chinese Ming Glazed Terracotta Tomb Attendant
Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £59
Modelled standing with the hands to the chest holding a casket; on a tiered base. 298 grams, 17 cm
North Yorkshire, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Very Large Chinese Neolithic Painted Vessel
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
With tiered piriform body, two lateral rectangular loop handles below the equator, the upper body painted with ovals filled with various geometric motifs and hatched lines within plain bands, bulb to the neck with single loop handle and neck with everted rim. 11.25 kg, 56 cm
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.
