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.
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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