Double-handled jar
c. 1300-500 BCE
Description
Large jar with curved, “saddle-shaped” mouth with oval cross-section, broad shoulders, sides tapering inward to a small, flat base, and two strap handles attached from rim to top of shoulders; red earthenware with dark gray irregular markings from firing. Siwa culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu of Shaanxi province.
Dimensions
H. 40 x Diam. 33.2 cm (15 3/4 x 13 1/16 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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