618 - 907
H. 9 x Diam. 19.2 cm (3 9/16 x 7 9/16 in.)
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, July 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue. From kilns in Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province, perhaps in Kŭmsa-ri.
18th centuryKoreanGray stoneware
5th-3rd century BCEChineseEnameled biscuit porcelain: molded biscuit porcelain with decoration painted in aubergine enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double-circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseChangsha ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over white slip and underglaze decoration painted in iron-brown and copper-green pigments, the rim with touches of iron-brown. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.
9th centuryChineseProto-porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze
11th-9th century BCEChineseTerracotta
4th century BCEEtruscanAsh-glazed ware: light gray stoneware with thin, intentionally applied, brownish-green, ash glaze over all-over ground of iron-brown slip; with subtle decoration of incised lines. Reportedly recovered near Chŏnju, North Chŏlla province, in 1962.
13th centuryKoreanTerracotta
1st-2nd century CERomanCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze brown slip on a white slip ground, with details touched on the surface of the clear glaze in russet-brown slip and olive-green glaze in localized areas, the unglazed lowest portion finished with dark brown glaze
14th-17th centuryChineseTang white ware: white stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseCast bronze with dark green, speckled patina; with a 12-character dedication inscribed on both the vessel floor and lid interior
9th century BCEChinese