9th-10th century
H. 5.4 x Diam. 6.7 cm (2 1/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
Gregory (1922-1988) and Maria C. Henderson (1923-2007), Medford, MA (by 1969-1988), inherited; by Maria C. Henderson, Medford, MA (1988-2000), sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2000.
Terracotta, black ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianOff-white stoneware with combed and applique decoration and with traces of ash glaze
5th-3rd century BCEChineseSilver
19th centuryAmericanOpaque light brown glass with dark brown decoration
5th century BCEGreekNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekHard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gold
18th centuryGermanMetal
BritishJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
11th-12th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue hallmark reading "Yu" on the base
19th centuryChinese