probably late 11th-early 12th century
H. 4.1 x Diam. 11.9 cm (1 5/8 x 4 11/16 in.)
Shirley Nye (d. 2003), New York (by 1999) gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999.
Terracotta; reddish clay with black paint
5th century BCEGreekAsh-glazed ware: light gray stoneware with thin, intentionally applied, brownish-green, ash glaze over all-over ground of iron-brown slip. Reportedly recovered in North or South Chŏlla province, in 1959.
13th centuryKoreanNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 9 (jiu) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseCeramic
20th centuryDanishSilver
18th centuryBritishEnameled red-and-white ware, "youli hong" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze copper red and overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi" within the hollow stem
18th centuryChineseEarthenware
IranianTerracotta
4th century BCEGreekTerracotta
1st century CERomanTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCast bronze with gray-green patina; with an inscription cast on both the vessel floor and lid interior
14th-11th century BCEChinese