12th-early 13th century
H. 4.2 x Diam. 10.3 cm (1 5/8 x 4 1/16 in.)
Shirley Nye, New York (by 2004), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2004.
Terracotta
4th-6th centuryRomanTerracotta, brown ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianNorthern russet ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze
12th centuryChineseCeramic
20th centuryAmericanPainted Jizhou ware: very light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip; with two-character inscription reading 'Yuwang' incised on the base. From the Jizhou kilns near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseBlue-green glass
1st-2nd century CERomanNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
EtruscanGray stoneware
2nd-1st century BCEChineseCast bronze; with inscriptions on the vessel floor and interior of cover
18th-19th centuryChineseCold-painted funerary ware: light gray earthenware with cold-painted red and black pigments over white gesso ground
2nd-1st century BCEChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreek