6th-5th century BCE
Small wide-mouthed jar with short neck and two striated loop handles; three small feet on base; light-gray earthenware with blackened surface and bands of geometric decoration impressed around the waist and neck of jar.
H. 10 x Diam. 15.5 cm (3 15/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, November 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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