17th-19th century
H. 24.8 x Diam. 13 cm (9 3/4 x 5 1/8 in.)
Gregory (1922-1988) and Maria C. Henderson (1923-2007), Medford, MA (by 1969-1988), inherited; by Maria C. Henderson, Medford, MA (1988-1991), partial gift and partial purchase; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991.
Terracotta
3rd-2nd century BCEGreekJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
13th-14th centuryChineseFritware, blue under transparent glaze and brownish overglaze luster painted
12th-13th centurySyrianwhite marble
3rd millennium BCECycladicBuff clay with dark brown painted decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEIranianSilver
17th centuryBritishLacquer on papier-mache
19th-20th centuryIslamicEarthenware with three color (sancai) lead glaze
12th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in black slip on a white-slip ground under a clear glaze, the clear glaze then covered all over with a lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze; with brush-written inscription on the interior of the foot ring
12th-13th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration
13th-14th centuryChineseTerracotta
1st century CERoman