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LOT 2068
Chinese Painted Neolithic Jar
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
14 in. (3.2 kg. 35.5 cm high).
With piriform body, short neck, everted rim and rectangular-section loop handles, the upper body painted with ovals filled with various geometric motifs and hatched lines, contained between plain bands, swags below, chevrons at the neck.
ProvenanceEx West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
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