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LOT 2331
Pre-Columbian Chupicuaro Painted Terracotta Bowl
PRE-CLASSIC PERIOD, 3RD CENTURY B.C.-3RD CENTURY A.D.
8 1/2 in. (587 grams, 21.5 cm).
Squat in profile with in-turned rim, reserved band to the rim and geometric stepped pattern below. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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