12th-13th century
This bowl is an ingeniously constructed pastiche that has been skillfully put together from fragments of six different vessels.
9.7 x 22.3 cm (3 13/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood, Belmont, MA (by 1973-2002), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2002.
Terracotta
2nd millennium BCECypriotDongkhe ware: off-white stoneware with white slip and ivory-hued glaze over incised decoration
18th-19th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn, with incised seal mark reading 'Sheng Fugong zuo' on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. Recovered from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseSilver
17th-19th centuryFrenchCizhou-type ware: light gray stoneware with medium brown glaze over white slip, the decoration incised into the glaze before firing to reveal the white slip. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.
16th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved, incised, and combed decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChineseTerracotta
Terracotta
6th century BCEEtruscanEarthenware with blue splashed lead glaze
8th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt-blue
15th centuryVietnameseDongkhe ware: molded light gray stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over white slip
18th-19th centuryChinese