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CHINESE NEOLITHIC PAINTED JAR Late 4th-2nd millennium BC A ceramic storage vessel with piriform body, everted rim, two integral lug handles and flat base; upper body painted with a series of geometric motifs, including chevrons, concentric circles with hatched infill, chevrons between, circumferential band and scalloped motif below. 3.6 kg, 40cm (15¾"). Fine condition, rim chipped. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 EUR 440 - 660 USD 520 - 780 Provenance From an important collection of Chinese art formed in Japan.
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CHINESE NEOLITHIC PAINTED POTTERY JAR 3rd millennium BC A ceramic jar of piriform profile with broad neck and everted rim, two strap handles to the equator; the upper body, shoulder and neck with ochre colouration, painted design of chevron motifs between plain bands, zigzags to the neck. 2.1 kg, 33.5cm (13¼"). Fine condition. £400 - 600 EUR 440 - 660 USD 520 - 780 Provenance From a west country collection in the 1990s; previously in a Hong Kong collection.
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CHINESE PAINTED LIDDED JAR Han Dynasty, 206 BC-220 AD A ceramic vessel comprising a hemispherical body with shallow everted foot and band of painted decoration at the rim; shallower hemispherical lid with raised central ring, painted border around the rim, series of floral motifs and a central flower in red paint. 2 kg, 22cm wide (8¾"). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 EUR 440 - 660 USD 520 - 780 Provenance From a west country collection in the 1990s.
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CHINESE RITUAL LIDDED WINE VESSEL Warring States Period, 475-221 BC A squat bronze ding vessel with three rounded legs, median ridge, two rectangular loop handles, domed lid with three knops. 1.7 kg, 20.5cm (8"). Fine condition. £800 - 1,000 EUR 880 - 1,100 USD 1,040 - 1,300 Provenance From the collection of an American lady living in London; acquired before 2000. Literature Cf. Song, L., Chinese Bronze Ware, Cambridge, 2011, p.33, for type.
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