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.
Biscuit porcelain with decoration painted in green, aubergine, turquoise, and black enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseLeaded bronze
6th century BCEGreekAlabaster
3rd millennium BCEEgyptianTerracotta; buff clay
8th century BCEGreekEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a circle on the base
18th centuryChineseMottled yellow nephrite; the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan
18th-19th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze over carved ribs and appliqué handles
11th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved, incised, and combed decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseSilver, glass
18th centuryBritishWhite ware: porcelain with light bluish glaze. Probably made in Yŏju, Kyŏnggi province.
17th centuryKoreanGilt silver
16th centuryGerman