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LOT 2329
Pre-Columbian Red Ware Storage Jar
PRE-CLASSIC PERIOD, 3RD CENTURY B.C.-3RD CENTURY A.D.
6 7/8 in. (1.03 kg, 17.6 cm wide).
With globular body and rounded underside, broad tubular neck, slightly flared rim; old collector's label to base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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