Jar

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a terracotta-colored clay jar with two handles. The jar has a wide mouth and a narrow base. It is bulbous in shape. The jar is predominantly reddish-brown with black speckles, and it features a design on its body. The design consists of a green plant at the bottom, with two tan-colored curved lines on either side of the plant. A thin, dark line extends from the bottom of each curved line to the top of the jar. The background of the image is a gradient that transitions from dark gray at the top to white at the bottom. The jar casts a shadow on the surface below it. The artist of the jar is William Moorcroft. The title of the jar is "Jar".