Broad-Shouldered Bottle with Tortoiseshell Glaze
12th-14th century
Dimensions
H. 20.0 x Diam. 12.4 cm (7 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.)
Provenance
[Priestly and Ferraro, London, (by 2003)]. sold; to William B. Goldstein, Wilton, Connecticut. [J.J. Lally & Co.Oriental Art, New York (by 2007), sold; to Harvard University Art Museums.
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