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LOT 2163
Large Chinese Neolithic Painted Terracotta Jar
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
14 1/4 in. (4.05 kg, 36 cm high).
Piriform bodied, painted with chevrons and other linear motifs; two loop handles to the equator, trumpet-shaped mouth.
ProvenanceEx Hong Kong gentleman's collection.
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Comprising a squat tubular body with broad shoulders and a flat everted rim, a broad flange base with four radiating rectangular feet pierced vertically to accept a thong, and incised circumferential grooves on the sidewall and shoulder. 1.01 kg, 18.5 cm wide
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