17th-18th century
H. 29.7 x Diam. 17.6 cm (11 11/16 x 6 15/16 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.
Terracotta
6th century BCEGreekLongquan ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised and carved decoration
15th-17th centuryChineseCizhou ware: buff to light-gray stoneware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze, now much degraded.
12th centuryChineseBronze
5th century BCEGreekJizhou 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.
13th-14th centuryChineseLiao sancai ("three-color") ware: pinkish buff earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green and amber-yellow glazes over incised decoration
10th-11th centuryChinesePerhaps Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. Perhaps from the Yaozhou kilns, Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
10th-11th centuryChineseGlass
1st-2nd century CEGraeco-RomanTerracotta
EtruscanIncised celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration
11th-12th centuryKoreanDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseHard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gold
18th centuryGerman