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LOT 2438
Chinese Terracotta Storage Jar
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
12 1/2 in. (2.8 kg, 31.5 cm).
Piriform bodied and painted with two netted roundels to the upper body; 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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