Jar

Item number 2990/335 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Jar with flared, flat base, globular body, tall flaring upper portion and side strap vertical handle. Terracotta with cream, orange-red and brown-red slip. Fine line decoration of geometric and spiral motifs representing waves in upper portion, spout and inner rim. Painted geometric designs in globular body, panel of three motifs: crossed vertical and horizontal lines, five double circles, and four triangles and small squares with circles. Animal head at top of handle and bird atop rim on opposite side, both with crossed red-brown lines. Polished surface. Molded manufacture. Broken and restored.