Bowl with landscape decor
1st century BCE-2nd century CE
Description
Straight sided bowl with decoration of ducks flying amid scrolling clouds in a schematized landscape; red earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze over molded decoration, the glaze fully covering the vessel, including the base
Dimensions
H. 8.4 x Diam. 18.3 cm (3 5/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Provenance
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, February 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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