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LOT 2420
Japanese Green Stoneware Vase
MID 20TH CENTURY A.D.
7 3/4 in. (638 grams, 19.7 cm).
Piriform in profile with thick chamfered rim, circumferential ribbing to sidewall and neck. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 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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