Wide-mouthed jar
10th-7th century BCE
Description
Small wide-mouthed jar with short neck and flat base; gray stoneware with impressed decoration.
Dimensions
H. 7.9 x Diam. 14.2 cm (3 1/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
Provenance
[Uragami Sokyu-do Co., Ltd., Tokyo, July 2000] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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