VesselsChinese3rd-2nd century BCE

Wide-mouthed jar

3rd-2nd century BCE

Description

Large wide-mouthed jar with broad shoulders and flat base; light gray stoneware with impressed basket-weave decor.

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Gray stoneware

Culture

Chinese

Period

Warring States period (475-221 BCE) to Western Han period (206 BCE-9 CE)

Century

3rd-2nd century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 34.8 x Diam. 46 cm (13 11/16 x 18 1/8 in.)

Provenance

[Galerie Gisèle Croës - Arts d'Extreme-Orient, Brussels, Belgium, June 1998] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1998-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

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