20th century
Diam. 20.7 cm (8 1/8 in.)
Alice and Caleb Warner, Cambridge, MA (by 1984), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1984.
Monochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze
18th centuryChineseBiscuit porcelain with applique molded handles and decoration painted in green, aubergine, and black enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on base and inside of cover
17th centuryChineseBlack basalt
18th centuryBritishCarved rhinoceros horn
16th-17th centuryChineseGlass
20th centurySwedishYaozhou ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseMetal
20th centuryGermanMetal
18th-19th centuryRussianSilver
19th centuryBritishHard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gilding
18th centuryGermanTerracotta
4th century BCEGreekBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the cartouches and plum branches reserved against a cobalt-blue ground
19th centuryChinese