3rd-2nd millennium BC. A large ceramic jar with carinated body, shallow rim and foot; decorated with a circumferential frieze composed of panels of winged beasts with the body of a lion and the head of a bird, all advancing right, geometric motifs above and below, painted in polychrome. 4 kg, 36cm wide (14"). Property of a Surrey, UK, gentleman; from collections formed since before 1970. [No Reserve]