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LOT 1387
Medieval Ceramic Thumb Based Jug
16TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/2 in. (539 grams, 19 cm high).
Salt-glazed jug with fusiform body, broad mouth, loop handle to the shoulder, domed base with impressed-thumb patterning. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx M.Cummings, UK, 1990s.
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