Small covered jar
circa 600
Description
Small compressed globular jar with flat lid, the jar with short straight neck, six double-loop handles encircling the shoulder at the base of the neck, and resting on a short footring with straight sides, the lid with matching double-loop handle on top; stylized floral decoration on the body of the jar and on top of the lid; light gray stoneware with caramel-hued brown glaze over stamped and incised decoration. From Changsha, Hunan province.
Dimensions
with cover: H. 7.4 x Diam. 10 cm (2 15/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Provenance
[Mathias Komor, New York (by February 1945)], sold; to Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Falk Jr. Collection, New York (February 1945-2001), sold; through [Christie's, New York, 15 October 2001, lot. 5]; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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