8th-9th century
H. 7.4 x Diam. 17 cm (2 15/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseShufu ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze; with molded characters reading "Shu Fu" incorporated into the design
12th-13th centuryChineseInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration inlaid in black and white slip, the inscription picked out in gold. Reportedly recovered in Naega-myŏn, Kangwha Island, Kyŏnggi province.
13th-14th centuryKoreanLiao sancai ("three-color") ware: off-white earthenware with applique molded decorative elements and lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze over a white-slip ground
9th-11th centuryChineseGray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
2nd-1st century BCEChineseTerracotta
SyrianCeramic
20th centuryGermanEarthenware, slip-covered and burnished, with decoration painted in gold and silver and stamped
19th-20th centuryOttomanTerracotta
GreekMixed copper alloy
10th-8th century BCEIranianBronze
3rd century BCEGraeco-Persian