11th-early 12th century
H. 8.1 x Diam. 18.8 cm (3 3/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Shirley Nye (d. 2003), New York (by 1999), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999.
Terracotta, with streaked red paint
1st century CERomanYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with misfired olive-brown celadon glaze. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryIrishTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekBronze
7th-6th century BCENeo-Hittite ?Cast bronze
14th-11th century BCEChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Yongzhengnian zhi" within a double square on the base
18th centuryChineseBronze
ChineseHorn
17th centuryChineseLeaded brass
19th-20th centuryUnidentified cultureCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChinese