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LOT 2066
Chinese Song Green-Glazed Dragon Granary Jar
SONG DYNASTY, 960-1279 A.D. OR LATER
18 3/4 in. (1.23 kg total, 47.5 cm).
Piriform in shape with piecrust collar to neck and slightly splayed foot; decorated with a medial frieze of applied figures standing above a collar, a sinuous dragon coiled around the neck, conical ribbed lid with flange rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, UK, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Opening Bid: £600
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