late 7th-early 8th century
H. 9.4 x Diam. 21.3 cm (3 11/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Lois Orswell (1904-1998), Pomfret, Connecticut (by 1998), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1998.
Ceramic
17th centuryJapaneseMetal
20th centuryGermanTerracotta
GreekMetal
20th centuryGermanEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
18th centuryChineseEarthenware with impressed decoration
2nd-1st century BCEChineseTemmoku-type ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze streaked with yellow overglaze, the foot and base with medium brown skin; with incised signature reading "Moriyasu saku" on the base
20th centuryJapaneseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, 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 centuryChineseTerracotta; buff slip, black glaze
8th century BCEGreekGlass
20th centurySwedishLead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze (now much degraded) over a white slip ground on the exterior and lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze on the interior
8th centuryChineseTerracotta
Greek