Jar
c. 1300-500 BCE
Description
Large jar with flared mouth, broad shoulders, and sides tapering inward to a small, flat base with a circular depression in the center; red earthenware with dark gray irregular markings from firing. Siwa culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu of Shaanxi province.
Dimensions
H. 52.6 x Diam. 40 cm (20 11/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
Provenance
[The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, May 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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