Small Jar
c. 2000 BCE
Description
Round-bottomed jar with carinated shoulder and flaring mouth; buff clay with dark brown paint: vertical and V-shaped hatching between banded decoration.
Dimensions
8.3 x 9 cm (3 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.)
Provenance
Ernst Herzfeld, Iran, (by 1927), gift; to Kurt H. Weil, Montclair, NJ (1927-1992), by descent; to Kathleen Weil-Garris Brandt, New York (1992-2023), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums.
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