5th-6th century
H. 13.5 x W. 20.2 x Diam. 17.6 cm (5 5/16 x 7 15/16 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
Earthenware with bichrome slip-painted decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishBlue-green glass
4th-5th century CERomanMisfired Jian ware: dark brown stoneware with misfired glaze turned olive
12th-13th centuryChinesePunch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip on the white-slip ground on the interior; the exterior with pale celadon glaze over decoration lightly brushed in white slip
16th centuryKoreanExport blue-and-white ware, imitation kraak porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue hallmark of a single Chinese character reading "yu" (jade) within a double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseImitation Wanli, "wucai" type ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
19th-20th centuryJapaneseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryChineseBlack earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChinese