c. 1800
Oblong, base and hinged cover engraved to resemble a purse; interior with gilt hinged grille pierced with foliate scrolls
1.11 x 0.95 x 2.54 cm (7/16 x 3/8 x 1 in.) 7.4 g
David Berg, New York, bequest; to the Fogg Museum, 1999.
Terracotta, brown-gray ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianTerracotta
7th century BCEItalo-CorinthianTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekGreen glass
3rd-4th century CEMeroiticIncised celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration
12th centuryKoreanPlaster
20th centuryMinoanPlaster reproduction of stone original
19th-20th centuryMinoanMetal
18th centuryGermanNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseImari ware: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt-blue
17th centuryJapanese