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.
Related Artworks
View MoreTerracotta
1st century CERomanTurned bronze
13th-14th centuryKoreanMarble
3rd millennium BCECycladicBlack Satsuma ware: black earthenware with black and brown glazes
18th centuryJapaneseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
16th-17th centuryChineseTerracotta
6th-2nd century BCEGreekSilver, wood, ivory
18th centuryBritishMonochrome glazed porcelain; porcelain with pale cobalt-blue glaze, the rim finished with an application of iron-brown slip simulating a metal band; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
18th-19th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with carved decoration under celadon glaze
20th centuryKoreanCeladon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
20th centuryKoreanTerracotta
Greek