Lot no. 887
COLLECTION OF BRONZE AGE POTTERY VESSELS.
Ca. 2500 - 2200 BC
A collection of six pottery vessels, including, from left to right: a shallow red-slipped bowl with a rounded base and widely flaring sides, the interior decorated with four broad radiating triangular panels in darker pigment; a globular jar on a short foot with a straight mouth and a register of three horizontal grooves below the rim; a tall ovoid jar with a small foot, collared rim, and four circumferential grooves around the mid-body; a tall beaker with a small foot, globular lower body, and high flaring neck; a piriform jar on a low foot with a short neck and everted rim; and a rounded jar with an apple-shaped body and tall funnel-shaped neck with thickened lip.
Size: 100-175mm x 70-155mm; Weight: 1.98kg.
Provenance: From the collection of a London gentleman; formerly acquired in early 2000s in Japan; previously in 1970s Japanese collection.
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