Wide-mouthed jar
VesselsChinese10th-7th century BCE

Wide-mouthed jar

10th-7th century BCE

Description

Small wide-mouthed jar with short neck and flat base; gray stoneware with impressed decoration.

Classification
Vessels
Medium
Gray stoneware
Culture
Chinese
Period
Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou period, c. 1050-771 BCE
Century
10th-7th century BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 7.9 x Diam. 14.2 cm (3 1/8 x 5 9/16 in.)

Provenance

[Uragami Sokyu-do Co., Ltd., Tokyo, July 2000] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

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