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A Mortuary Urn

Unknown Artist

Art Funded
1948
Dimensions
33 cm
Vendor
Sotheby's
A mortuary urn from the Chinese Neolithic period.

Unglazed, so called Pan-Shan style from Lan Chou in China depressed ovoid form, two lug handles, pinkish-buff earthenware with bold swirling design, enclosing 'bull's eye' motifs.

Provenance

N.S.Brown

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