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.
Brass
15th centuryGermanEarthenware
6th millennium BCEChineseCeramic
14th centuryTerracotta
7th century BCEFaliscanCast bronze
2nd-1st century BCEChineseNickel silver and ebony
20th centuryGermanEnameled ware: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze and overglaze yellow enamel over incised decoration; with incised mark reading "Da Ming Jiajingnian zhi" within a circle on the base
16th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 6 (liu) inscribed inside the footring before firing
15th centuryChinese'Guan'-type ware: porcelain with thick grayish blue glaze over molded decoration; with inscription of the Qianlong Emperor dated to 1783 incised into the base
16th-17th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishTerracotta, with streaked red paint
1st century CERomanJizhou 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 Jizhou kilns near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChinese