late 5th-first half 6th century
H. 23.1 x Diam. 17.9 cm (9 1/8 x 7 1/16 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
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4th millennium BCEChineseHard paste porcelain with feldspathic glaze
19th centuryGermanBrass
18th centuryEuropean?Ceramic
18th centuryJapaneseEarthenware with blue splashed lead glaze
8th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and overglaze yellow enamel over the reserved decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" reserved against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground within a double circle, the mark and double-circle picked out in yellow enamel
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11th-12th centuryChinese