5th-6th century
H. 24.1 x W. 43.8 x Diam. 37.5 cm (9 1/2 x 17 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.)
[R-L Sneider Inc., New York, (by 2002)] sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.
Terracotta
14th century BCEMycenaeanKyoto ware: buff earthenware with clear glaze and decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
19th centuryJapaneseCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red, green and yellow enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
16th centuryChineseSilver, fruitwood
18th centuryBritishEarthenware with slip painted decoration painted and white inlays
2nd millennium BCEChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide; the lip banded with metal. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang, county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseGreen Jun ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseTerracotta, black ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong Cuiyun guan yong" (Palace of Double Glory, used in the Lodge of Emerald Clouds) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseSilver
17th-19th centuryFrench