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Globular jar with S curve handleGlobular jar with S curve handle

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Globular jar with wide circular mouth, thin upright lip, a small movable ring on the shoulder, and a vertical S-curve strap handle on the opposite shoulder attached with a strut, the handle incised with crosshatching and embellished with applied scroll motifs; light gray stoneware with fabric-impressed decor over the body.
Department of Asian Art [J.J. Lally & Co. New York March 2000] 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
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Title: Globular jar with S curve handleGlobular jar with S curve handle
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Globular jar with wide circular mouth, thin upright lip, a small movable ring on the shoulder, and a vertical S-curve strap handle on the opposite shoulder attached with a strut, the handle incised with crosshatching and embellished with applied scroll motifs; light gray stoneware with fabric-impressed decor over the body.

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