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LOT 2338

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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LOT 2338

Chinese Painted Terracotta Neolithic Jar

Sold for (Inc. bp): £202

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