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LOT 1993
Chinese Painted Terracotta Neolithic Jar
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
8 5/8 in. (1.04 kg, 22 cm).
With biconvex profile, broad shoulder, short cylindrical neck with everted rim to the mouth; one broad loop handle to the equator and another to the shoulder; painted geometric motifs. [No Reserve]
Provenance
North Yorkshire, UK, collection, 1990s.
Literature
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 1992.165.18, for similar.
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