Globular Jar with two loop handles
5th-3rd century BCE
Description
Large globular jar with broad shoulders, sides tapering inward to a flat base, and two lug handles on the shoulders with plaited decoration; light gray stoneware with stamped and impressed geometric decoration.
Dimensions
H. 28.7 x Diam. 35.4 cm (11 5/16 x 13 15/16 in.)
Provenance
[Nicholas Grindley, London, February 2000] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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