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LOT 0348
Stone Age 'Cranborne Chase' Terracotta Barrow Burial Vessel
NEOLITHIC PERIOD-BRONZE AGE, 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 1/8 in. (740 grams, 13 cm).
With two bands of incised geometric ornament to the outer face, carinated rim; inked inscription to underside 'Barrow / Cranborne Chase / [...] burial'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Cranborne Chase, UK.
From 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.
Literature
See Grinsel, L., The Ancient Burial-mounds of England, London, 1953.
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LOT 0348
Stone Age 'Cranborne Chase' Terracotta Barrow Burial Vessel
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
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