Proto Three Kingdoms period, 1st-2nd century
H. 28.8 x W. 23 x Diam. 21.2 cm (11 5/16 x 9 1/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. Byung S. Kang, New York (by 1994), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994.
Terracotta
Terracotta, white ground
5th century BCEGreekCeramic
19th centuryJapaneseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in red enamel on an overglaze yellow enamel ground, the interior with two pairs of underglaze cobalt-blue bowstring lines; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
16th centuryChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
10th-11th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishCeramic
13th-14th centuryPersianFritware with turquoise glaze
12th-13th centuryPersianGray stoneware with incised, appliqué, and openwork decoration and with splashes of natural ash glaze
5th-6th centuryKoreanTerracotta
GreekPorcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseLiao sancai ("three-color") ware: pinkish buff earthenware with lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes over a white-slip ground
11th centuryChinese