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LOT 2330
Pre-Columbian Chupicuaro Net-Painted Red Ware Bowl
PRE-CLASSIC PERIOD, 3RD CENTURY B.C.-3RD CENTURY A.D.
5 1/2 in. (384 grams, 14.2 cm).
With painted segmented band to the sidewall,hatched rectangular panels with interstitial blocks. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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