Covered tripod jar
2nd century BCE
Description
Compressed globular jar with two loop handles and three flanged feet; cover slightly domed with loop knob at center and side walls slightly splayed, creating a bell-like silhouette; gray earthenware with three bands of incised horizontal lines encircling the body and abstract decorative patterns impressed between the upper bands and on the lid.
Dimensions
H. 13.3 x W. (across handles) 14.2 x Diam. 13.4 cm (5 1/4 x 5 9/16 x 5 1/4 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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