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.
Terracotta with brown lustrous paint
6th century BCEGreekRed-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze copper red
14th centuryChineseTransparent amber glass over lead core, the lead possibly covered with gold foil
ChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseSilvered bronze
8th-9th centuryChineseWhite ware: glazed porcelain with incised mark reading "Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseFaience
6th century BCEGreekPorcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red and green enamels; with spurious mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi"
17th centuryChineseHard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gold
18th centuryGermanCeramic
ChineseTerracotta
2nd century CERomanNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide. Probably from the kilns at Zibo, Shandong province.
12th-13th centuryChinese