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LOT 2084

Chinese Painted Terracotta Neolithic Jar

3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

9 1/4 in. (914 grams, 23.5 cm high).

With broad shoulder and tapering walls, short cylindrical neck with everted rim; one loop handle to the equator and another to the shoulder; painted geometric motifs to the rim interior and upper body; rim chipped. [No Reserve]

Provenance

North Yorkshire, UK, collection, 1990s.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 1992.165.18, for similar.

CONDITION

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LOT 2084

Chinese Painted Terracotta Neolithic Jar

Sold for (Inc. bp): £195

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