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LOT 1601
Large Ceramic Vase with Representation of the Months
20TH CENTURY A.D.
21 1/4 in. (4.2 kg, 54 cm high).
With flared mouth and bulbous body, low-relief frieze of workers and labourers undertaking appropriate agricultural tasks, horizontal bands with the corresponding names of the months. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired London, UK.
Property of a Harwich gentleman.
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