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LOT 2187
South East Asian Sawankhalok Glazed Jar
THAI, 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (173 grams, 72 mm).
Squat in profile with flared base and mouth, small lateral loop handles; old dealer's label to base. [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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