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.
Hard-paste porcelain
18th-19th centuryGermanBuff clay with dark brown painted decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEIranianBronze
ChineseYue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze
3rd-4th century CEChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with overglaze sepia-enamel hallmark reading "Xu Hua Tang zhi" on the base
18th centuryChineseOnda ware: light gray stoneware with pale olive glaze over brush-applied white slip enlivened with chatter marks on the interior and over incised bowstring lines on the exterior; with three- (or four-?) character stamp of the Onda kilns impressed on the base
21st centuryJapanesePorcelaneous white stoneware with ivory hued glaze
9th centuryChineseBronze
4th century BCEEtruscanCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseMetal
18th centuryBritishPale blue-green glass
4th-6th centuryRomanHorn
17th centuryChinese