Wide-bodied jar
3rd-1st century BCE
Description
Wide-bodied jar with slightly flared mouth, waisted cylindrical neck, broad shoulders, and lower portion tapering inward to a splayed circular pedestal foot; raised ridges encircling the neck and foot; incised horizontal lines encircling the body; gray stoneware with blacked surface, the jar decorated with cold-painted red pigment in imitation of lacquerware.
Dimensions
H. 42.2 x Diam. 38.2 cm (16 5/8 x 15 1/16 in.)
Provenance
[Kaikodo, New York, January 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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