11th century
4.45 x 20.32 cm (1 3/4 x 8 in.)
Ann B. Goodman, Cambridge, MA, (by 2000), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1960.
Lacquer
19th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekTerracotta
RomanSilver
18th centuryBritishCast bronze; with integrally cast three-character inscription reading "Yao Zuo Yi" on the interior wall
11th-10th century BCEChineseUnderglazed, painted fritware
17th-18th centuryPersianCeramic
18th centuryAustrianPorphyry with gold ormoulu mounts
18th centuryFrenchEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt blue hallmark reading "Yuyi Chunyitang" within a double square on the base
18th-19th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the base with a brush-written inscription reading 'Te'
12th-13th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
16th-17th centuryChinese