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LOT 2134
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]
ProvenanceAcquired before 1970.
From the Cheuk family collection.
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