Globular jar
5th-3rd century BCE
Description
Large globular jar with short neck, broad shoulders, and lower portion tapering inward to a flat circular base; two bands of crosshatched decor encircle the shoulders and midsection; light gray earthenware with impressed decoration and lightly burnished surfaces.
Dimensions
H. 37.9 x Diam. 41 cm (14 15/16 x 16 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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