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LOT 2127
South East Asian Sawankhalok Glazed Decorated Vase
THAI, CIRCA EARLY 14TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (105 grams, 64 mm).
With raised mouth, broad shoulder and tapering sidewall, stepped base; radiating petals to shoulder, trees to sidewall reserved against a brown field; old dealer's label to underside. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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