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LOT 2023
Siam Leather-Look Pottery Vessel
BANG CHIANG, 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 in. (1 kg, 18 cm wide).
A ceramic vessel composed of a bulbous body with 'leather-look' texture, everted rim and rounded base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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