Silla kingdom or Unified Silla dynasty, 6th-7th century
H. 7.8 x W. 15.6 x Diam. 10.3 cm (3 1/16 x 6 1/8 x 4 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; buff slip, black and purple glaze
6th century BCEGreekWhite earthenware with leadfluxed, cobaltsplashed glaze
8th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekMetal
20th centuryGermanTerracotta, gray-brown ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianLight gray stoneware with finely crackled, ivory-hued glaze
17th-19th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide. Probably from the kilns at Zibo, Shandong province.
12th-13th centuryChineseSilver
17th centuryBritishWhite ware: porcelain with ivory glaze stained brown. Probably made in Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province.
17th-18th centuryKoreanReddish earthenware covered with slip, incised, and color-splashed under clear glaze
11th-12th centuryIslamic