Food Storage Jar with Strap Handles
577
Physical Qualities
Stoneware with transparent glaze, 9 3/4 H x 7 3/4 Diam. in. (24.8 x 19.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Laurance P. and Isabel S. Roberts, Baltimore
Object Number
2005.115
The large and imposing jar has four double strap handles at the low straight neck, a rounded shoulder, ovoid body that tapers to and is sharply everted at the foot, and a flat bottom. The interior and three-quarters of the exterior side are glazed with a finely crackled transparent glaze.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, by bequest, 2005; Isabel S. Roberts, Baltimore; Laurance P. and Isabel S. Roberts, Baltimore
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of art, "Across East Asia: China's Cultural & Artistic Legacy," October 30, 2019-December 31, 2023.
