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Tall, wide-mouthed jar

Tall, wide-mouthed jar

VesselsChinese5th century BCE

Tall, wide-mouthed jar

5th century BCE

Description

Tall, wide-mouthed jar with short neck and broad shoulders; body tapers inward to a flat base; light gray stoneware with basket-weave decoration impressed over the entire body.

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Gray stoneware with impressed decoration

Culture

Chinese

Period

Zhou dynasty, Eastern Zhou period, 770-256 BCE

Century

5th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 35.7 x Diam. 26.8 cm (14 1/16 x 10 9/16 in.)

Provenance

[Zentner Collection, San Francisco, 1997] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1997-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

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