18th-19th century
H. 18.5 x Diam. 11.6 cm (7 5/16 x 4 9/16 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.
Jizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseTransparent emerald-green glass with red lead pigment on the surface
8th-12th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with carved decoration under a celadon glaze
20th centuryKoreanTerracotta
8th century BCEGreekSilver
19th centuryAmericanIncised celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration. Reportedly recovered in western Kyŏnggi province.
12th centuryKoreanMonochrome glazed porcelain, "ox blood" type: porcelain with lightly variegated copper red glaze on the interior and very pale celadon glaze on the interior and base; with 19th-early 20th century carved and assembled wood cover with tourmaline knob
18th-19th centuryChineseEarthenware, slip-covered and burnished, with decoration painted in gold and silver and stamped
19th-20th centuryOttomanTerracotta, black ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianGray stoneware with incised, stamped, and openwork decoration. Reportedly recovered near Ulsan, South Kyŏngsang province.
6th centuryKoreanPorcelain with clear glaze
14th-16th centuryChineseSilver
19th centuryAmerican