Description
This dark-brown glazed jar, with the heavy clay body and translucent glaze on the cover and the top just below it, has a rare shape of a fruit. It has a narrow foot with several moldings and incised wavy pattern immediately below the cover which is shaped in the form of a curling fruit stem that forms a handle. It is difficult to determine what type of fruit was meant, possibly a squash.
Provenance
(Osborne I. Hauge [1913–2004] and Victor Lloyd Hauge [1919–2013], Falls Church, VA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1983); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1983–)
Accession Number
1983.156
Medium
glazed pottery with brown slip
Dimensions
Diameter: 15.2 cm (6 in.); Overall: 24 cm (9 7/16 in.)
Classification
Ceramic
Credit Line
Gift of the Staff of The Cleveland Museum of Art in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee
