Jar with dished mouth
5th-6th century
Description
Large ovoid jar with dish-shaped mouth, short neck, broad shoulders, lower body tapering inward to a circular, flat base, six squared lug handles encircling the top of the shoulders, and two loops descending from the dished mouth; light gray stoneware with light green celadon glaze. Place of manufacture uncertain.
Dimensions
H. 40.8 x Diam. 35.5 cm (16 1/16 x 14 in.)
Provenance
[Kaikodo, New York, January 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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