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.
Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with ogival panels decorated with overglaze polychrome enamels, the panels reserved against an underglaze cobalt powder blue ground emblazoned with designs painted in overglaze gold enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseHard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gold
18th centuryGermanSilver, gilt
19th centuryBritishTerracotta
12th-11th century BCEMycenaeanYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved and combed decoration, the interior coated with a thin layer of underglaze white slip. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th centuryChineseMolded and lead-glazed earthenware
14th centuryPersianCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseSilver
18th-19th centuryBritishEarthenware
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseEarthenware
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide, the lip bound with tin, the base with an incised number, and the lower portion of the bowl with a brush-written inscription reading "Shang zhai ji". From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChinese