Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
Terracotta
5th century BCEGreekLight gray stoneware with incised and openwork decoration and with kiln-darkened surface
5th-6th centuryKoreanTerracotta
4th century CEGreekNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Changchun shuwu yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the Studio of Everlasting Spring) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseLongquan ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised and carved decoration
15th-17th centuryChineseAwata ware; white earthenware with decoration in original cartouches in overglaze polychrome enamels and with background decoration imitating cloisonne enamel; with inscription on base reading 'Nihon Kyoto Kinkōzan zo'
19th centuryJapaneseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekRed-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze copper red; with underglaze cobalt blue circle on the base
18th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved and combed decoration, the interior coated with a thin layer of underglaze white slip. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th centuryChineseCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseCeramic
20th centurySwedish