Bottle with Lobed “Garlic Head” Mouth
4th-3rd century BCE
Description
Compressed globular bottle with long neck, lobed mouth resembling a head of garlic, and short circular footring; gray earthenware with lightly burnished surface and abstract decoration created through heavier burnishing.
Dimensions
H. 34.7 x Diam. 22.7 cm (13 11/16 x 8 15/16 in.)
Provenance
[Roger Keverne, London, 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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