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LOT 2345
Large Pre Columbian Chupicuaro Burnished Redware Bowl
PRE-CLASSIC PERIOD, 3RD CENTURY B.C.-3RD CENTURY A.D.
9 in. (1.11 kg, 23 cm wide).
With rounded underside, deep carinated profile, flared rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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