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LOT 2316
Large Ban Chiang Period Painted Stepped Terracotta Vase
MIDDLE PERIOD, 900-300 B.C.
15 3/4 in. (4.18 kg, 40.5 cm).
Large storage vessel with barrel-shaped neck, sloped shoulder with incised hatching, stepped profile and body decorated with incised hatched pattern and reserved meander; applied base ring [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
See Labbe, A., Prehistoric Thai Ceramics: Ban Chiang in Regional Cultural Perspective, Bangkok, 2002, p.58, no.156, pl.156, for type.
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LOT 2316
Large Ban Chiang Period Painted Stepped Terracotta Vase
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
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