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.
Fritware with molded decoration under white glaze
12th-13th centuryPersianTerracotta
1st century BCE-1st century CERomanEarthenware
11th-12th centuryIranianGlass
19th centuryGermanCast bronze with greenish patina
11th-10th century BCEChineseLeaded bronze
3rd-1st century BCEEtruscanJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze enlivened with markings in overglaze iron-brown slip. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and with overglaze yellow enamel over the white decoration; underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" written on the base against a cobalt-blue ground
16th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the designs reserved against a ground of overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Hongzhi nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
15th-16th centuryChineseTerracotta
GreekPorcelain with incised and carved elements, decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and copper red, and celadon glaze in localized areas
19th centuryChinese