Jar
Description
Jar; indented base, spherical body, short neck, flaring ring rim. Intact; opaque dirt accretions on interior, bands of opaque white around the mouth and along the sides.
Dimensions
6.1 x 6.3 cm (2 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Bettina Jane Kahnweiler, New York City, NY (by 1935), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1935.
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