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LOT 2301
Chinese Terracotta Frog Storage Jar
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
12 5/8 in. (2.3 kg, 32 cm).
Piriform bodied and painted with a figurative frog design; two loop handles to the equator.
Provenance
Ex West Country, UK, collection, 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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