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.
Changsha ware: light gray stoneware with three molded appliqué decorative elements, the ewer coated with olive-toned celadon glaze over a thin coat of white slip, the appliqué elements further splashed with caramel glaze. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.
9th centuryChineseSilver
20th centuryAmericanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the cartouches reserved against a cobalt powder blue ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
19th centuryChineseSoft-paste porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th-19th centuryChineseJun-type ware: light gray stoneware with light blue glaze enlivened with bluish-purple splashes from copper filings; with incised signature reading "Minoru" on the unglazed base
20th centuryJapaneseGlass
3rd-4th century CERomanSilver
18th centuryBritishBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
15th centuryChineseHard-paste decorated with polychrome overglaze
19th centuryGermanCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze brown slip over a white slip ground
16th-17th centuryChineseTerracotta
2nd century CEGraeco-RomanCeramic
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