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LOT 2255
South East Asian Glazed Ceramic Oil Vessel
KHMER, 9TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/8 in. (540 grams, 13 cm).
Squat jar with broad base and low neck, part-glazed, with concentric circumferential grooves. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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