5th-6th century
H. 15.4 x Diam. 9.9 cm (6 1/16 x 3 7/8 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.
Cast bronze
ChineseCeramic
20th centuryFrenchProbably Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over a full coating of white slip, the vertical ribs trailed in white slip
11th-12th centuryChineseTerracotta
1st century BCE-1st century CERomanTerracotta
8th-6th century BCENear EasternCast bronze with heavy incrustations of green and russet patina
14th-11th century BCEChineseGilded silver
19th centuryEuropeanTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekBronze
16th-14th century BCEIranianSilver
18th centuryBritishCeramic
19th centuryRussianExport blue-and-white ware, Arita ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue mark of a single Chinese character on the base
17th-18th centuryJapanese