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
12th-11th century BCEMycenaeanYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
10th centuryChineseYue-type ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over appliqué handles and incised bowstring lines
6th centuryChineseBlue-green glass
Graeco-RomanNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated dark purple and blue glaze with metal fitting at the mouth; originally a 'zhadou'-shaped flower pot with the Chinese numeral 10 (shi) impressed into the base before firing
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
14th century BCEMycenaeanPorcelain with decoration painted in polychrome enamels over a crackled glaze
19th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with mottled brown glaze over combed decoration. Made in Namwŏn-gun, North Chŏlla province.
19th centuryKoreanGlass with applied colors
19th-20th centuryAmericanEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading reading "Da Ming Yongle nian zhi" below the lip
17th-19th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekCeramic
Chinese