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Jar with floral roundels
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Globular jar supported by a short, straight foot with slightly concave base; shoulders taper inward to a short, straight neck with flat mouth rim; Eight double-loop handles encircle the juncture between the neck and shoulders; sixteen molded floral-medallion appliques encircle the shoulders below the loop handles: eight-petal floral appliques alternate with slightly smaller seven-petal forms surrounded by a circle of beads; crimped “piecrust” ridge divides the body into upper and lower halves; light gray stoneware with green celadon glaze primarily on the upper half; lower portion and base unglazed. Place of manufacture uncertain, probably northern China.
Department of Asian Art
[Christian Boehm London February 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation Woodside CA (2000-2006) partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums 2006.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Title: Jar with floral roundels
Description:
Globular jar supported by a short, straight foot with slightly concave base; shoulders taper inward to a short, straight neck with flat mouth rim; Eight double-loop handles encircle the juncture between the neck and shoulders; sixteen molded floral-medallion appliques encircle the shoulders below the loop handles: eight-petal floral appliques alternate with slightly smaller seven-petal forms surrounded by a circle of beads; crimped “piecrust” ridge divides the body into upper and lower halves; light gray stoneware with green celadon glaze primarily on the upper half; lower portion and base unglazed.
Place of manufacture uncertain, probably northern China.
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