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 glossy black paint
4th century BCEGreekTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekProbably misfired Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with transparent, olive-hued celadon glaze over appliqué molded decoration
13th-14th centuryChineseOpaque blue glass
1st-3rd century CERomanLongquan ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, combed, and carved decoration
15th-17th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 8 (ba) inscribed on base; “Ying tai Lan shi yong” (Ocean Terrace, used in the Orchid Room) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseTerracotta
7th-6th century BCEEtruscanAsh-glazed ware: light gray stoneware with thin, intentionally applied brownish green ash glaze over all-over ground of iron-brown slip
14th-15th centuryKoreanJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseSilver
17th centuryBritish