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.
Terracotta
RomanJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze suffused with buff markings. From the Jizhou kilns, near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseCeramic
18th-19th centuryGermanTerracotta
4th century BCESouth ItalianTemmoku-type ware: light gray stoneware with slate gray glaze mottled with blue overglaze; with impressed seal mark reading "Moriyasu" on the exterior wall above the footring
20th centuryJapaneseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in black slip on a white slip ground, all under a turquoise glaze
14th-15th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green
6th-7th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseFritware with carved and molded decoration under monochrome glaze
12th-13th centuryWood
Chinese