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LOT 2197
Large Chinese Han Painted Terracotta Cocoon Jar
HAN DYNASTY, 206 B.C.-220 A.D. OR LATER
13 in. (3.35 kg, 33 cm).
With vertical painted scrolled tendril bands, flared foot, mouth with chamfered rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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Finely modelled.
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