Cocoon shaped jar
2nd-1st century BCE
Description
Oblong horizontal vessel with body resembling the shape of a silkworm cocoon; short cylindrical neck and everted mouth rim at top center; elliptical body resting on circular, slightly splayed pedestal foot; medium gray earthenware with geometric designs cold-painted in unfired white, green, orange, and dark red pigments.
Dimensions
H. 23.8 x W. 27 x D. 18 cm (9 3/8 x 10 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Provenance
[Andrew Kahane Oriental Art, New York, June 2000] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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