8th-early 9th century
H. 14.6 x Diam. 12.6 cm (5 3/4 x 4 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.
Enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red enamel; with overglaze red enamel mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseSilver
20th centuryDanishSilver
18th centuryFrenchCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip on a white slip ground. Probably from the Guantai kilns, near Handan, Hebei province.
12th centuryChineseBlue ware: porcelain with clear glaze over incised characters, the inscribed vessel washed with cobalt-blue before glazing. From the kilns at Punwŏn-ri, Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province.
19th centuryKoreanTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekLead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze (now much degraded) over a white slip ground on the exterior and lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze on the interior
8th centuryChineseEarthenware, molded under monochrome lead glaze
8th centuryIslamicCast bronze; with an inscription cast behind the animal's neck
14th-11th century BCEChineseFritware with black dashes under clear glaze
12th centuryIslamicWhite stoneware with pale celadon glaze over appliqué decoration
13th-14th centuryVietnameseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChinese