Dished-mouth vessel
6th – early 7th century
Description
Compressed pear-shaped container with dish-shaped mouth, slender cylindrical neck, and body widening toward the base, which rests on a short footring; buff earthenware with pale yellowish-green lead-fluxed glaze that stops short of the foot; base unglazed. Place of manufacture uncertain, probably northern China. One of a set of four burial vessels (2006.170.255-258).
Dimensions
H. 16 x Diam. 14.6 cm (6 5/16 x 5 3/4 in.)
Provenance
[The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, April 2000] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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