11th century
H. 7.5 x Diam. 16.5 cm (2 15/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Alice and Caleb Warner, Cambridge, MA (by 1984), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1984.
Terracotta
7th century BCEEtruscanTerracotta
GreekSilver
6th-4th century BCEPersianGray stoneware
2nd-1st century BCEChineseCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
16th centuryChineseGray stoneware with cold-painted decoration over white gesso ground
7th-8th centuryChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze, the upper portion splashed with iron-brown slip on the dished mouth. Probably from the Yue kilns near Shaoxing, Zhejian province
4th century CEChinesePale grayish white nephrite; with mark on the base reading 'Qianlong Yu Zhi' in seal-script characters
18th centuryChineseTerracotta
3rd-2nd century BCEPunicTerracotta
8th-6th century BCENear EasternPewter
18th centuryFrench