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LOT 1562
Minoan Style Painted Jar
20TH CENTURY A.D.
11 in. (1 kg, 28 cm high).
Substantial conical body with heavy collar, waisted neck and flared rim with flattened upper face, singe loop handle to the rim; painted detailing of stars and helices in red-brown on a yellow field; after the antique. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Bamfords Auctioneers, Derbyshire, UK.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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