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.
Copper alloy
6th-5th century BCEEtruscanBlack earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseSilver
20th centuryAmericanBronze
8th centuryJapaneseSilver
18th centuryBritishKutani ware, Ao-Kutani type: porcelain with overglaze polychrome enamels
19th centuryJapaneseCloisonné enamel ware; polychrome enamels on brass; with incised signature reading "Kyōto Namikawa" on a silver plaque adhered to the base
19th centuryJapaneseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze enlivened with markings in overglaze iron-brown slip. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseCeramic
20th centuryGermanTerracotta
6th-5th century BCEGreek