Small Jar
c. 2000 BCE
Description
Round-bottomed jar with carinated shoulder and flaring rim; buff clay wth dark brown paint: herringbone pattern framed by multiple bands.
Dimensions
actual: 7.9 x 10 cm (3 1/8 x 3 15/16 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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