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LOT 0073
Daunian Painted Terracotta Storage Jar
CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
9 7/8 in. (1.13 kg, 25 cm high).
Ovate in profile with slightly stepped lower body, everted rim; circumferential painted bands, hatching and herringbone patterns. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired Bonhams, London, UK.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Cf. similar item with a handle in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession number: 66.11.6.
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