20th century
Diam. 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.)
Alice and Caleb Warner, Cambridge, MA (by 1984), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1984.
Translucent grayish green jadeite with emerald green markings; stone of Burmise origin
18th-19th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide. Probably from the kilns at Zibo, Shandong province.
12th-13th centuryChinesePale blue glazed faience
1st-2nd century CERomanPorcelain with incised decoration under a pale light blue glaze with incised mark reading "Yongle nian zhi" on the base
19th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishPlain celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
12th centuryKoreanNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze, the domed base with a turquoise blue glaze, the rim banded with metal
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
CypriotTerracotta
3rd-2nd century BCEGreekCeramic
17th-20th centuryPersianRed earthenware with stamped decoration
7th-9th centuryChineseDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChinese