Storage Jar
8th-9th century
Physical Qualities
Stoneware with transparent glaze over white slip, 7 × 6 7/8 in. (17.8 × 17.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Julius Levy Memorial Fund
Object Number
1997.277
Utilitarian objects, like this jar, might have been included among other grave
goods to provide symbolic nourishment for the soul residing within the tomb.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1997; Andrew Kahane, Ltd., New York; Hellner Collection, Stockholm
Inscribed: None.
