13th-14th century
H. 30 x Diam. 15.9 cm (11 13/16 x 6 1/4 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.
Hard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gold
18th centuryGermanTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekMolded celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration. Reportedly recovered on Kangwha Island, Kyŏnggi province, in 1962.
11th-12th centuryKoreanTerracotta
CypriotEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th-19th centuryChineseSlip-painted celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip
13th centuryKoreanEnamel on metal
19th centuryFrenchBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with mark reading "chi" ("earth") painted in underglaze cobalt blue on the base. From kilns in Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province, perhaps in Toma-ri.
17th-18th centuryKoreanGlass
19th centuryGermanCast bronze with greenish patina; with dedicatory inscription by Servitor Chen inscribed on both the vessel floor and lid interior
11th-10th century BCEChineseCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseOpaque blue glass
1st-3rd century CERoman