c. 1735
Oval, the fluted sides with scalloped rim, the center engraved with a crest, the reverse engraved with scratch weight 3 : 11 1/2
1.6 × 16.5 × 8.5 cm (5/8 × 6 1/2 × 3 3/8 in.) 89 g
David Berg, New York, bequest; to the Fogg Museum, 1999.
Terracotta
8th century BCEGreekGray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments
3rd-1st century BCEChineseGray earthenware
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseSilver
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12th-13th centuryChinesePunch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over stamped decoration inlaid with white slip
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17th centuryBritish