Jar with two handles
VesselsChinese8th-7th century BCE

Jar with two handles

8th-7th century BCE

Description

Ovoid jar with articulated neck, narrow shoulders, sides widening toward a flat base, and two lug handles ornamented with stylized zoomorphic heads; light gray stoneware with transparent olive-green glaze over applique handles and abstract designs impressed repeatedly over the entirety of the body, the glaze on the interior and exterior; base unglazed. From Jiangsu or Zhejiang province.

Classification
Vessels
Medium
Proto-porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze
Culture
Chinese
Period
Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period, 770-476 BCE
Century
8th-7th century BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 21.1 x W. (across handles) 22.5 x Diam. 25.5 cm (8 5/16 x 8 7/8 x 10 1/16 in.)

Provenance

[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 2003] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2003-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

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