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.
Gray earthenware with cold painted pigment
1st-3rd century CEChineseWhite ware: glazed porcelain with incised mark reading "Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseMetal
ItalianDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseCeramic
19th centuryRussianGlass
2nd-4th century CERomanLight gray stoneware with incised and openwork decoration and with traces of natural ash glaze
5th-6th centuryKoreanSilver and glass
19th centuryAmericanMetal and painted plaster
20th centuryGermanYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with misfired olive-brown celadon glaze. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with sky blue glaze over trailed ribs of porcelain slip
12th centuryChineseCold-painted funerary ware: molded light gray earthenware with cold-painted red pigment
1st-3rd century CEChinese