15th-16th century
H. (with cover) 17.1 x Diam. 15.1 cm (6 3/4 x 5 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.
Silver
19th centuryAmericanEarthenware Earthenware
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryChinesePolychrome plaster
20th centuryMinoanTerracotta
4th-3rd 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 centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekMetal
17th centurySpanishJizhou 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.
12th-13th centuryChineseBlack earthenware
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseCast bronze
13th-12th century BCEChinese