Jar with green splashes
first half 8th century
Description
Small globular jar with everted rim, constricted neck, short footring, three concentric grooves on the shoulder, and decoration of green splashes against a white ground; off-white earthenware with lead-fluxed copper-green splashed glaze on the exterior and lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze on the interior; glaze stops short of the foot; unglazed base. Copper-splashed sancai ware. From northern China, Henan, Hebei, or Shaanxi province.
Dimensions
H. 10.6 x Diam. 12 cm (4 3/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Provenance
[Kaikodo, New York, September 1998] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1998-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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