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Ovoid jar
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Large ovoid jar with abstract, bronze-style decor; medium gray earthenware with impressed decor.
Department of Asian Art
[Sotheby's New York 22 and 23 March 1999 lot. 335] 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 Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Title: Ovoid jar
Description:
Large ovoid jar with abstract, bronze-style decor; medium gray earthenware with impressed decor.
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