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Jar in the Shape of a Fruit

1100s
glazed pottery with brown slip
Diameter: 15.2 cm (6 in.); Overall: 24 cm (9 7/16 in.)
Gift of the Staff of The Cleveland Museum of Art in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee 1983.156
Location: not on view
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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.
Jar in the Shape of a Fruit

Jar in the Shape of a Fruit

1100s

Cambodia, Northeast Thai kiln, Khmer Ware, Angkor Wat/Bayon period, 12th century

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