Covered pedestal dish
4th century BCE
Description
Deep bowl with wide mouth raised on a tall stem supported on a broad circular concave foot with neatly molded upturned edge, the lower sides of the bowl with concave grooves and the well-fitted domed cover similarly grooved, the large circular platform finial also grooved and raised on a reel-shaped stem, the dark gray pottery burnished to a smooth black surface and showing scattered remains of earth encrustation and staining from burial. One of a pair with 2006.170.144.A-B.
Dimensions
H. 27 x Diam. 21.1 cm (10 5/8 x 8 5/16 in.)
Provenance
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, June 2000] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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