Cocoon shaped jar
2nd century BCE
Description
Large oblong horizontal vessel with body resembling the shape of a silkworm cocoon; short cylindrical neck and everted mouth rim with beveled edge at top center; elliptical body resting on circular, slightly splayed, circular pedestal foot; medium gray earthenware with incised bowstring lines encircling the body vertically.
Dimensions
H. 39.5 x W. 44.5 x D. 30.7 cm (15 9/16 x 17 1/2 x 12 1/16 in.)
Provenance
[Galerie Gisèle Croës - Arts d'Extreme-Orient, Brussels, Belgium, April 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1997-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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