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Ovoid jar
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Large jar with broad, rounded shoulders; side walls tapering inward dramatically to a proportionally small, slightly concave base; very short upright neck with slightly rolled rim; incised horizontal lines encircle the vessel between the neck and shoulders; four small, molded, simulated pushou-mask ring-handles evenly spaced around the vessel, just below the incised lines; light gray stoneware with crazed olive-green glaze over incised and molded applique decoration; fully glazed on the exterior and interior; markings on the base indicate the vessel was raised in the kiln when fired. From the Yue kilns in the Shaoxing area of northeastern Zhejiang province.
Department of Asian Art
[Christian Boehm London November 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation Woodside CA (1999-2006) 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 Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Title: Ovoid jar
Description:
Large jar with broad, rounded shoulders; side walls tapering inward dramatically to a proportionally small, slightly concave base; very short upright neck with slightly rolled rim; incised horizontal lines encircle the vessel between the neck and shoulders; four small, molded, simulated pushou-mask ring-handles evenly spaced around the vessel, just below the incised lines; light gray stoneware with crazed olive-green glaze over incised and molded applique decoration; fully glazed on the exterior and interior; markings on the base indicate the vessel was raised in the kiln when fired.
From the Yue kilns in the Shaoxing area of northeastern Zhejiang province.
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