Large Chinese Painted Terracotta Storage Jar

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

14 1/2 in. (3.8 kg, 37 cm).

Comprising a bulbous body with two small loop handles below the equator, flat base, low neck and everted rim; decorated to the upper surface with four black painted hatched roundels and swags surrounding. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired before 1970.
From the Cheuk family collection.

CONDITION

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LOT 2134