Hongzhi period, 1488-1505
H. 4.9 x Diam. 26.5 cm (1 15/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
[J.T. Tai & Co., New York, ?], sold; to David Berg, New York (?–1999), bequest; to Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, 1999. Note: David Berg (1904–1999)
Plaster
Fritware
13th centuryPersianBlack earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian xhi" within a double circle on the base
19th centuryChineseCloisonne enamel; polychrome enamels within brass cloisons on a copper base
19th centuryJapaneseIncised celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over lightly incised and combed decoration
11th-12th centuryKoreanPlain celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
12th centuryKoreanSatsuma ware; white earthenware with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels and with impressed inscription on the base
19th centuryJapaneseOpaque blue glass
1st-3rd century CERomanPale blue-green glass
1st century CERomanPerhaps Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. Perhaps from the Yaozhou kilns, Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
10th-11th centuryChineseStoneware with carved and incised decoration under celadon glaze
12th centuryKorean