Globular Jar with two loop handles
VesselsChinese5th-3rd century BCE

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.

Classification
Vessels
Medium
Gray stoneware with impressed decoration
Culture
Chinese
Period
Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE
Century
5th-3rd century BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Asian Art

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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