VesselsChinese5th-6th century

Jar with dished mouth

5th-6th century

Description

Large ovoid jar with dish-shaped mouth, short neck, broad shoulders, lower body tapering inward to a circular, flat base, six squared lug handles encircling the top of the shoulders, and two loops descending from the dished mouth; light gray stoneware with light green celadon glaze. Place of manufacture uncertain.

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Celadon

Medium

Stoneware with celadon glaze

Culture

Chinese

Period

Northern and Southern Dynasties period (420-589) to Sui dynasty (581-618)

Century

5th-6th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 40.8 x Diam. 35.5 cm (16 1/16 x 14 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.