Large wide-mouthed jar
5th-4th century BCE
Description
Large globular wide-mouthed jar with short neck, broad shoulders, and sides tapering inward to a flat base; light gray stoneware with thin ash glaze over stamped decoration, the exposed body clay with reddish brown skin.
Dimensions
H. 37.2 x Diam. 51.2 cm (14 5/8 x 20 3/16 in.)
Provenance
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, January 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1998-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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