5th-first half 6th century
H. 21.9 x Diam. 10.7 cm (8 5/8 x 4 3/16 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.
Raku ware: light grayish buff earthenware with clear glaze suffused with pink blushes; repairs with red and gold lacquers
18th centuryJapanesePale blue glazed faience
1st-2nd century CERomanHard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamel decoration, and gilding
18th centuryGermanCast bronze with gray-green patina; inscribed with a three-character dedication
12th-11th century BCEChineseHard paste porcelain with feldspathic glaze
19th centuryGermanCeramic
ChinesePale blue-green glass
4th-6th centuryRomanJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChinesePorcelain with decoration painted in gold enamel over a red enamel ground added at a later date
16th centuryChineseEarthenware with traces of slip-painted decoration
5th-4th millennium BCEChinese