Kaya or Silla Kingdom, 5th century
H. 41.3 x Diam. 22.1 cm (16 1/4 x 8 11/16 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
18th centuryAmericanJizhou 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 Jizhou kilns near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseBlack basalt
18th centuryBritishSilver gilt
17th centuryBritishStone
EgyptianBuff clay with dark brown painted decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEIranianMonochrome-glazed ware: pale pink earthenware with (partially degraded) lead-fluxed, clear glaze over white slip ground on the exterior; the pale blue splashes applied over the glaze in the twentieth century, using blue ink or pigment; with lead-fluxed, yellow glaze on the interior
8th centuryChineseGray earthenware with cold painted pigments
2nd-1st century BCEChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekSilver
18th centuryAmerican