6th-3rd century BCE
H. 19.2 x Diam. 18 cm (7 9/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, November 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
Terracotta
5th century BCEGreekBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; the rim darked with underglaze iron-brown slip; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseGrayish brown agate with dark brown mottles
19th centuryChineseWhite ware: porcelain with pale bluish-green glaze. Reportedly recovered from a tomb in Sŏngju, North Kyŏngsang province.
15th-16th centuryKoreanCast bronze with dark green, speckled patina; with a 12-character dedication inscribed on both the vessel floor and lid interior
9th century BCEChineseHard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration.
20th centuryGermanTerracotta
3rd century CERomanSilver
19th centuryAmericanInlaid 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 centuryKoreanTerracotta
6th century BCEGreek