12th-13th century
H. (with cover) 14.9 x Diam. 15.2 cm (5 7/8 x 6 in.)
[Kang Collection, New York, (1992)] sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.
Terracotta
GreekLead-glazed funerary ware: molded brick-red earthenware with degraded lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze
1st-3rd century CEChinesePale blue-green glass
1st-3rd century CERomanCeramic
20th centuryGermanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with mark reading "Un Hyŏn" ("Cloud Hill") painted in underglaze cobalt blue on the base; the inscription perhaps is a reference to the palace in which the Prince Regent lived from 1864 to 1873. Made at the official kilns in Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province, perhaps in Punwŏn-ri.
19th centuryKoreanLight gray stoneware with incised and openwork decoration and with kiln-darkened surface
5th-6th centuryKoreanSilver
6th-4th century BCEPersianPale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekArita enameled ware, Imari type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red and gold enamels; with Johanneum mark incised into the glaze on the base
17th-18th centuryJapaneseBlue ware: porcelain with clear glaze over incised characters, the inscribed vessel washed with cobalt-blue before glazing. From the kilns at Punwŏn-ri, Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province.
19th centuryKoreanOff white (or very light gray) stoneware with ash coating and natural ash glaze; with signature reading "Ken" inscribed on the base before firing
21st centuryJapanese